"The difference between one man and another is not mere ability.... it is energy."
--Thomas Arnold

"The way a man's mind runs is the way he's sure to go."
--Henry B. Wilson

"Class is.... the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life."
--Ann Landers

Try to avoid the rat race, but don't romanticize poverty:

"Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor."
--James Baldwin

"You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful income."
--Dr. Samuel Johnson

"If anyone wants to make himself invisible, there is no surer way than to become poor."
--Anon.

Do you have a quotation to share?

You can Write to us!

Include your first initial and last name and put the word QUOTES in the subject.

We'll try to use your contribution in a future column.

(Please note that these columns are written several weeks in advance so publishing the humor will be delayed accordingly.)