Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it. Votes: 9
When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it's pretty certain that she has his. Votes: 8
A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string. Votes: 8
It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world. Votes: 4
Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine. Votes: 4
A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point. Votes: 2
The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a great deal more easily than he can other people. Votes: 2
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease. Votes: 2
There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues. Votes: 2
A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth. Votes: 1