The safest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it in your pocket.
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.
So far I haven`t heard of anybody who wants to stop living on account of the cost.
A good listener is usually thinking about something else.
Everything comes to him who waits but a loaned book.
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
Honesty pays, but it doesn`t seem to pay enough to suit some people.
There is plenty of peace in any home where the family doesn`t make the mistake of trying to get together.
The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.
No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish.
Don`t knock the weather. If it didn`t change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn`t start a conversation.
There`s no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn`t tell you about it?
Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he`s overcharging you.