When a man dies, and his kin are glad of it, they say, "He is better off."
Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.
No man can smile in the face of adversity and mean it.
In thousands of years there has been no advance in public morals, in philosophy, in religion or in politics, but the advance in business has been the greatest miracle the world has ever known.
Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.
One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money.