"He that is used to go to bed hungry, and rise early, may be a good workman, but he is a bad master."

"I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong."

"Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days."

"The discontented man finds no easy chair."

"For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; for want of a horse the rider was lost; for want of a rider the battle was lost; for want of a battle the kingdom was lost;…"