A charitable man is like an apple tree-he gives his fruit and is silent; the philanthropist is like the successful hen.

The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.

Sorrow may be a good thing for a woman's heart, but it is a poor cosmetic for her face.

An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.

Better a bald head than none at all.

Some liars are so expert they deceive themselves.

That art is best which suggests most.