Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.
O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.
How we treasure (and admire) the people who acknowledge us!
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true.