It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it."
A cat's got her own opinion of human beings. She don't say much, but you can tell enough to make you anxious not to hear the whole of it.
If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it.".
Think of the man who first tried German sausage.
It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. . . . It is in our follies that we are one.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth. [Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
Quick enough, if good enough. [Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]
Haste is of the Devil.
What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way?
I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don't want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house.
Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.
Among all nations there should be vast temples raised where people might worship in silence and listen to it, for it is the voice of God
The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.
I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.
It is always the best policy to speak the truth-- unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.
I like work; It fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.