The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.
Before you beat a child, be sure yourself are not the cause of the offense.
The smaller the head, the bigger the dream.
The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.
Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.
A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.
Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.
God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it.
An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.
Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.
Exclusiveness is a characteristic of recent riches, high society, and the skunk.
Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art.
Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.
If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.
In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.
It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie.