Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

Go and surprise the whole country by doing something right.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.

There are things which some people never attempt during their whole lives, but one of these is not poetry. Poetry attacks all human beings sooner or later, and, like the measles, is mild or violent according to the age of the sufferer.

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.