It iz comparitively eazy tew repent ov the sins that we hav committed, but tew repent ov thoze which we intend to commit, is asking tew mutch ov enny man, now days.
And now the lads and lasses, following the example of the birds, bill and coo together.
My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.
Titles are valuable; they make us acquainted with many persons who otherwise would be lost among the rubbish.
Silence is said to be golden, but the best fools the world has ever produced had nothing to say on the subject.
Truth is the edict of God.
It is a great art to be superior to others without letting them know it.
The best condition in life is to be not so rich as to be envied nor so poor as to be damned.
When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime.
When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.
Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has...
Don’t take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to.
The dog that will follow everbody ain’t worth a curse.
A slander is like a hornet; if you cannot kill it dead at the first blow, better not to strike at it.
It’s a wise man who profits by his own experience, but it’s a good deal wiser one who lets the rattlesnake bite the other fellow.
It is true that wealth won’t make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain’t anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.
I’ve never known an auctioneer to lie unless it was absolutely necessary.
Biography is the best form of history.
Most men had rather say a smart thing than do a good one. John P. Kotter, Leading Change.
Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if there wasn’t anything but contentment in his world, man wouldn’t be any more of a success than an angleworm is.