It is noble to teach oneself; it is still nobler to teach others.
He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue.
If you shamefully misuse a cat once she will always maintain a dignified reserve toward you afterward. You will never get her full confidence again.
I'm in favor of progress; it's change I don't like.
When I want to read something nice, I sit down and write it myself.
A joke, even if it be a lame one, is nowhere so keenly relished or quickly applauded as in a murder trial.