Related:

• Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments.
  If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter....
• When the well is dry, we know the worth of oil. -- Poor Jimmy's Almanac
• We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride and folly than we are taxed by government.
  -- Benjamin Frankli...
• Some are weatherwise, some are meteorologists. -- Poor Jimmy's Almanac
• Neither a borrower nor a lender be at less than 18 percent per annum compounded daily.
  -- Poor Jimmy's Almanac...
• State lotteries are a tax rebate for intelligence
• An empty bag cannot win in New York. -- Poor Jimmy's Almanac
• Eat to live, and not on thy Diner's Club Card. -- Poor Jimmy's Almanac
• Experience keeps a dear school, but it's a hell of a campaign tactic. -- Poor Jimmy's Almanac