Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.

A good place to visit, but a poor place to stay.

Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.

To enjoy a good reputation, give publicly, and steal privately.

Wise men have but few confidants, and cunning ones none.

I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.

Successful writers learn at last what they should learn at first,--to be intelligently simple.