If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.

If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'.

The cure for admiring the house of lords is to go and look at it.

The cure for admiring the house of lords is to go and look at it.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but read more

Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but so does a hard-boiled egg.

Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.

Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.

Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to read more

Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there read more

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.