One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one |
People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception. |
Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being. |
Politics makes strange bed-fellows. |
Politics makes strange bedfellows |
Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments |
Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently. |
Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently. |
Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough. |
The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different |
The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different |
The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value |
The thing generally raised on city land is taxes |
The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities. |
The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities. |