Newfoundland dogs are good to save children from drowning, but you must have a pond of water handy and a child, or else there will be no profit in boarding a Newfoundland |
Occasions are rare; and those who know how to seize upon them are rarer |
Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal |
One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he can. |
One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs. |
One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs. |
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. |
Our necessities are few but our wants are endless |
Pity cost nothing and ain't worth nothing. |
Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing |
Plenty of folks are so contrary that if they should fall into the river, they would insist upon floating upstream. |
Poverty is the step-mother of genius |
Reason often makes mistakes but conscience never does. |
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. |
Silence is said to be golden, but the best fools the world has ever produced had nothing to say on the subject |