Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.
Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.
Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.
There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.
There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.
Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.
There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it.
Faith is the soul riding at anchor.
The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.
There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.
Pity costs nothing and ain't worth nothing.
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.
Debt is a trap which man sets and baits himself and then deliberately gets into.
If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.
It is the little things that fret and worry us you can dodge an elephant but not a fly.
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.