Favoritism manifests itself in all departments of government, public and private. It is the harder to avoid, because it is so natural.

He who sports compliments, unless he takes good aim, may miss his mark, and be wounded by the recoil of his own weapon.

There is nothing like fun, is there? I haven't any myself, but I do like it in others.

If you have a thrust to make at your friend's expense, do it gracefully, it is all the more effective. Some one says the reproach that is delivered with hat in hand is the most telling.

Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.

Hurry is only admissible in catching flies.

Life ain't all beer and skittles.