To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.