Rumor is a vagrant without a home, and lives upon what it can pick up.

A slander is like a hornet; if you cannot kill it dead at the first blow, better not to strike at it.

There's one good thing about tight shoes; they make you forget your other troubles.

Men of genius are like eagles, they live on what they kill, while men of talents are like crows, they live on what has been killed for them.

Jealousy is one of love's parasites.

About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it.

Pedantry is paraded knowledge.