After being turned down by numerous publishers, he decided to write for posterity.
Whom are you?” he asked, for he had attended business college.
In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of entertainment.
If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.
One smell of brimstone makes the whole world kin.
The serpent is helpless unless he finds an apple to work with.
Where ignorance is not bliss, get wise!
Those who are entitled to it get it sooner or later.
If a man does not go about his work with enthusiasm, it means that he has not yet found a work that he likes. Every mortal is a busy bee when he comes to the task that Destiny has set aside for him.
When Wealth walks in at the Door, the Press Agent comes in through the Window.
The wealthy have nothing left except money.
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but would not cost half as much during the winter months.
Never pretend to have money except when you are in straits. The poor man who pretends to have a bank account betters his credit and takes no risk. But the prosperous individual who counts his money in the street, forthwith will be invited to attend a charity bazaar.
Those who have tried meekness know the importance of being important.
In scattering seeds of kindness, do it by hand and not by machine.