For the sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by one.

Savings represent much more than mere money value. They are the proof that the saver is worth something in himself. Any fool can waste; any fool can muddle; but it takes something more of a man to save and the more he saves the more of a man he makes of himself. Waste and extravagance unsettle a man's mind for every crisis; thrift, which means some form of self-restraint, steadies it.

War is an ill thing, as I surely know. But 'twould be an ill world for weaponless dreamers if evil men were not now and then slain.

On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin'-fishes play, An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer; China 'crost the Bay!

If you want something and don't get it, there are only two reasons. You either really didn't want it, or you tried to bargain over the price.

Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears.

Now, don't be angry after you've been afraid. That's the worst kind of cowardice.