The hardest thing is writing a recommendation for someone we know.
No matter how much strong black coffee we drink, almost any after- dinner speech will counteract it.
Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable.
A sympathizer is a fellow that's for you as long as it doesn't cost anything.
The man who says "I may be wrong, but--" does not believe there can be any such possibility.
I will say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that is more than I can say for prosperity.