The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.
A slave has but one master. An ambition man, has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune.
A fellow who is always declaring that he's no fool, usually has his suspicions.
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.
Anybody who can write home for money can write for magazines.
I know of no sentence that can induce such immediate and brazen lying as the one that begins, 'Have you read - .'