If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it. Silence If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.
In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin. Taxes and Taxation In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.
It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie. Truth It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie.
The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito. Blood The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.
Before you beat a child, be sure yourself are not the cause of the offense. Children Before you beat a child, be sure yourself are not the cause of the offense.
The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father. Fathers The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.
Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces. Friends and Friendship Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.
A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market. Friends and Friendship A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.
God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it. Money God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it.
An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards. Nationalities and Nationalism An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.