If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening.

If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening.

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there read more

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and a flatterer.

Remember son, many a good story has been ruined by over verification.

Remember son, many a good story has been ruined by over verification.

When will people understand that words can cut as sharply as any blade, and that those cuts leave scars upon read more

When will people understand that words can cut as sharply as any blade, and that those cuts leave scars upon our souls.

Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most underemployed, talent in the world.

Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most underemployed, talent in the world.

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

Others have done it before me. I can, too.

Others have done it before me. I can, too.

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop read more

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. -Mark Twain.

The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.

The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.