Many an optimist has become rich simply by buying out a pessimist.

There are two sorts of losers - the good loser, and the one who can't act.

It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time.

Bore : A fellow who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours.

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing.

There are more pretty photographs of women than there are photographs of pretty women.