There is a wide difference between general acquaintance and companionship. You may salute a man and exchange compliments with him daily, yet know nothing of his character, his inmost tastes arid feelings.

Unless a man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him ridiculous.

Talking, is a digestive process which is absolutely essential to the mental constitution of the man who devours many books.

Criminals are opportunists. If you've got a booming market, they're going to get away with more fraud.

Go to the desk. Stay at the desk. Thrive at the desk.

What are the precise characteristics of an epigram it is not easy to define. It differs from a joke, in the fact that the wit of the latter dies in the words, and cannot therefore be conveyed in another language; while an epigram is a wit of ideas, and hence, is translatable. Like aphorisms, songs and sonnets, it is occupied with some single point, small and manageable; but whilst a song conveys a sentiment, a sonnet a poetical, and an aphorism a moral reflection, an epigram expresses a contrast.

What lasting progress was ever made in social reformation, except when every step was insured by appeals to the understanding and the will?