The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

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.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.