When you doubt between words, use the plainest, the commonest, the most idiomatic. Eschew fine words as you would rouge; love simple ones as you would the native roses on your cheek.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Sensibility is the power of woman.

After-dinner talk Across the walnuts and the wine.

My sons are my proudest 'accomplishments' in life and I get energised seeing their individual personalities develop as they grow up.

War creates peace like hate creates love.

Talk is only silence that ain't workin' well.

A bachelor is only half a man

Children internalize their parents' unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily.

I want to stop and thank you baby, how sweet it is to be loved by you.

The best security for old age: respect your children.

Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.