Diogenes struck the father when the son swore.

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man.

Crime expands according to our willingness to put up with it.

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Death is a distant rumor to the young.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

The small demerit extinguishes a long service.

There is no more fatal blunder than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.

Learn to say no. It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin.

Most men make use of the first part of their life to render the last part miserable.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

When sorrows come, they come not as single spies, but in battalions!

It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth after they inherit it.

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

One-half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.

Men are what their mothers made them.

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

The closer to the truth, the closer to the nerve.