The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.
Source: Sketches by Boz, The Broker's Man (1836)
Topic
Edison's observation that opportunity is dressed in overalls and looks like work is the collection's anchor. Archimedes claims he can move the earth with a place to stand; Chesterton says look up at the rainbow when it rains on your parade. Jefferson on the first lie making the second easier; Lichtenberg on worrying about what you could have done as the worst thing you can possibly do. Hippocrates notes that healing is sometimes a matter of opportunity rather than time — the window opens and must be used. These quotes are collected from people who made their own chances rather than waited for them, and who had little patience for the retrospective revision of missed ones.
The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.
To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
A little rebellion now and then is a good thing