Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

A half truth is a whole lie.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to