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• When the well is dry, we know the worth of oil. -- Poor Jimmy's Almanac
• A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone.
  -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) -- Maxims prefixed to Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757...
• Some are weatherwise, some are meteorologists. -- Poor Jimmy's Almanac
• Everybody thinks himself well-bred.
• A White House well filled, a little peanut field well tilled, and a wife who will go to the Bronx are great riches.
  -- Poor Jimmy's Almanac...
• 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
• He that riseth late is not campaigning in New York today. -- Poor Jimmy's Almanac