Live within your income. Always have something saved at the end of the
year. Let your imports be more than your exports, and you'll never go
far wrong.
--_Dr. Johnson._
971
All men are not susceptible to improvement.
972
It is better to have nothing to do than to be doing nothing.
--_Attilus._
973
Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises
no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are the same follies.
--_Fontenelle._
974
What madness to carry all one's income on one's back.
975
Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us;
but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.
--_Colton._
976
_Fickleness._--Was ever feather so lightly blown to and fro, as this Mr.
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--_Shakespeare._
977
Mankind is made up of inconsistencies.
978