Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.
Success does not mean happiness: it means an unusual number of industrious enemies.
To be an ideal guest, stay at home.
When a man dies, and his kin are glad of it, they say, "He is better off."
Put cream and sugar on a fly and it tastes very much like a raspberry.
Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.