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Smile when it hurts most.
Smile when it hurts most.
Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.
Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.
The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.
It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.
Facts in books, statistics in encyclopedias, the ability to use them in men's heads.
Facts in books, statistics in encyclopedias, the ability to use them in men's heads.
Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
