All the money in the world is no use to a man or his country if he spends it as fast as he makes it. All he has left is his bills and the reputation for being a fool.
All things considered, there are only two kinds of men in the world: those that stay at home and those that do not.
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn, The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!
Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old.
Beware of over concern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.
Fiction is Truth's elder sister. Obviously. No one in the world knew what truth was till some one had told a story.
If you give someone more than they can do, they will do it. If you give them only what they can do, they will do nothing.
If you hit a pony over the nose at the outset of your acquaintance, he may not love you but he will take a deep interest in your movements ever afterwards.
If you want something and don't get it, there are only two reasons. You either really didn't want it, or you tried to bargain over the price.
It is not a good fancy,' said the llama. 'What profit to kill men?' Very little - as I know; but if evil men were not now and then slain it would not be a good world for weaponless dreamers.
It takes a great deal of Christianity to wipe out uncivilized Eastern instincts, such as falling in love at first sight.
Many religious people are deeply suspicious. They seem, for purely religious purposes, of course, to know more about iniquity than the unregenerate.
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