A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish. |
Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you. |
Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. |
Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you. |
What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan. |
A man is known by the silence he keeps. |
Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember. |
There is always room at the top - after the investigation. |
A woman's mind is cleaner than a man s: She changes it more often. |
Many are called but few get up. |
A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well. |
Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings. |
When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from. |
Only the young die good. |
The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet. |
Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure. |
Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. |
Age, like distance lends a double charm. |