The happy phrasing of a compliment is one of the rarest of human gifts, and the happy delivery of it another.
God's noblest work. Man who found it out? Man.
I am able to say that while I am not ruggedly well, I am not ill enough to excite an undertaker.
Better a broken promise than none at all.
It's a good thing for a dog to have fleas; keeps his mind off being a dog.
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal of preparation. Ask any successful person how they came to this point in their lives, and they will have a story to tell.