It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

All the world knows how to cry but not all the world knows how to sigh. Sighing is extra.

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting.

11) There is a time and place for tact. And there are times when tact is entirely misplaced.

'Pray, my dear,' quoth my mother, 'have you not forgot to wind up the clock?' - 'Good G-!' cried my father, making an exclamation, but taking care to moderate …

Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.