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

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.

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

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.

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.

Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.

As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither.

Faith in God - life can never take you by surprise again.

You have to work to keep love alive; you have to protect it and maintain it, just like you would a delicate flower.

Marriage succeeds only as lifetime commitment with no escape clauses.

Conceit is a weird disease - it makes everybody sick except the guy who has it.

Loving discipline encourages a child to respect other people and live as a responsible, constructive citizen.