Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

The truly innocent are those who not only are guiltless themselves but who think others are.

Ill-nature is a sort of running sore of the disposition.

I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion than he did of mine.

Habits are like the wrinkles on a man's brow; if you will smooth out the one, I will smooth out the other.

Politeness is better than logic. You can often persuade when you cannot convince.