This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves. Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. If you have nothing to say, say nothing. There's always something about your success that displeases even your best friends.
Man is the only creature who has a nasty mind.
I never could tell a lie that anybody would doubt, nor a truth that anybody would believe. Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth. I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices. A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be lead by the nose. The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.