A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
From Mark Twain
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.
There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.
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