Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away.
You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.
Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
When I am idle and shiftless, my affairs become confused; when I work, I get results ... not great results, but enough to encourage me.
When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.