Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten times compounded, and then throw both letters in the wastebasket.
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Meanness is more in half-doing than in omitting acts of generosity.
Real life is in love, laughter, and work.
Of all blessings, no gift equals the gentle, trusting love and companionship of a good woman.