One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

Men who have much to say use the fewest words.

The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so.

There is not a whole lot of fun in medicine but there is a whole lot of medicine in fun.

Marrying a woman for her money is very much like setting a rat-trap, and baiting it with your own finger.

The great art of writing is knowing when to stop.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

A learned fool is one who has read everything and simply remembered it.

Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.

The man who has never been tempted doesn't know how dishonest he is.

Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.

There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got.

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

When the truth is in your way, you are on the wrong road.