People say law but they mean wealth.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

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

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

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