I know of no sentence that can induce such immediate and brazen lying as the one that begins, 'Have you read - .'
I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.
The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong.
The only bird that gives the poor a real tumble is the stork.
Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.
Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.