There are three kinds of liars: liars, damned liars, and statisticians

Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether. A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer. All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

The most permanent lessons in morals are those which come, not of book teaching, but of experience.

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.

If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.

What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.