A few fly bites cannot stop a spirited horse.

Simple rules for saving money: To save half, when you are fired by an eager impulse to contribute to a charity, wait and count to forty. To save three quarters, count sixty. To save all, count sixty-five.

How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it.

There are 869 different forms of lying, but only one of them has been squarely forbidden. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

How charmed I am when I overhear a German word which I understand!

I do not like work even when someone else is doing it.

How stunning are the changes which age makes in a man while he sleeps!