Silence is one of the hardest kind of arguments to refute. There is no good substitute for wisdom; but silence is the best that has yet been discovered.
When I see a man of shallow understanding extravagantly clothed, I feel sorry - for the clothes.
The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it.
Politeness is better than logic. You can often persuade when you cannot convince.
There's one good thing about tight shoes; they make you forget your other troubles.
When good-natured people leave us we look forward with extra pleasure to their return.