Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
Perseverance is king.
Silence is a still noise.
Truth is the edict of God.
Fun is a sugar-coated physic.
Pedantry is paraded knowledge.
Silence never makes any blunders.
Stupidity,--unconscious ignorance.
the squeeky wheel gets the grease.
Faith is the soul riding at anchor.
Rivalry and envy are Siamese twins.
Young widows still bide their time.
Method is the arithmetic of success.
Remember the poor, it costs nothing.
Jealousy is one of love's parasites.
The less we know the more we suspect
Anxiety will bear a lot of nuisance.
Shame is the dying embers of virtue.
No one can disgrace us but ourselves.
[Science is] the literature of truth.
Poverty is the step-mother of genius.
Biography is the best form of history.
Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool.
Laughter is the fireworks of the soul.
Some folks are wise and some otherwise.
Clothes form the intellect of the dandy.
Ignorance is the wet-nurse of prejudice.
Good nonsense is good sense in disguise.
The soul has more diseases than the body.
Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.
Pity cost nothing and ain't worth nothing.
Suicide is cheating the doctor out of job.
The books are balanced in heaven, not here.
The unfortunate do not pity the unfortunate.
Everyone who does the best he can is a hero.
Tears are a good alterative, but a poor diet.
The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor.
Men who have much to say use the fewest words.
Wisdom deprives even poverty of half its power.
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.
Fools carry their daggers in their open mouths.
A good place to visit, but a poor place to stay.
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess.
Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.
You can reach stupidity only with a cannon ball.
The great art of writing is knowing when to stop.
Advice maybe wrong, but examples prove themselves.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
We should make virtue our master, not our servant.
