When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'
Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.
A great many people who spend their time mourning over the brevity of life could make it seem longer if they did a little more work.
It has been my observation and experience, and that of my family, that nothing human works out well.
He worked like hell in the country so he could live in the city, where he worked like hell so he could live in the country.