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

Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.

True wisdom is plenty of experience, observation, and reflection. False wisdom is plenty of ignorance, arrogance, and impudence.

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.