Don’t put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today.
Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.
Experience makes more timid men than it does wise ones.
Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer.
A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.
Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.
The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.
Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.
Politeness is better than logic. You can often persuade when you cannot convince.
Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as I do.
There are two kinds of fools: those who can’t change their opinions and those who won’t.
It is better to know nothing than to know what ain’t so.
A good place to visit, but a poor place to stay.
The great art of writing is knowing when to stop.
True wisdom is plenty of experience, observation, and reflection. False wisdom is plenty of ignorance, arrogance, and impudence.
People travel to learn; most of them before they start should learn to travel.
One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.
Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain’t got.
Tears are a good alterative, but a poor diet.