“A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year.”

“Even were a cook to cook a fly he would keep the breast for himself.”

“Fish to taste right must swim three times - in water in butter and in wine.”

“God pays but not weekly wages.”

“The greater love is a mother's then comes a dog's then a sweetheart's.”

“The woman cries before the wedding the man afterward.”

“Rich people do not work for money, they are doing what they like to do”

“Why do we need money beyond a point? If we are free of ill health, enmity, and debt, is that not enough? Too much money only leads to less peace.”

“Nine out of ten significant people have to do with money or war!”