Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it.
One compensation of old age is that it excuses you from picnics.
None of us can buy goodwill; we must earn it.
Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful.
An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.
An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.