"There is plenty of peace in any home where the family doesn't make the mistake of trying to get together."

"A good listener is usually thinking about something else."

"Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people."

"Everything comes to him who waits but a loaned book."

"No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish."

"The safest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it in your pocket."

"Perhaps of all the creations of man, language is the most astonishing."

"Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation."

"World only has two things: Things you can eat and things you can no eat."

"It's wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope."

"Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks."

"A man who is careful with his palate is not likely to be careless with his paragraphs."