Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop you.
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
The mere process of growing old together will make our slightest acquaintances seem like bosom friends.
Many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares, were there a danger of their coming true!
Our names are labels, plainly printed on the bottled essence of our past behavior.
It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.
Those who set out to serve both God and Mammon soon discover that there isn't a God.
We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.