Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.