A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn't.
Few things move as quietly as the future.
The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a Pirate.
We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness.
Unsolicited advice is the junk mail of life.
If we try and fail, we have temporary disappointments. But if we do not try at all, we have permanent regrets.