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