Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him