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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained read more
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.
Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to read more
Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.
We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain read more
We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.
Not all that tempts your wandering eyes
And heedless hearts is lawful prize,
Not all that glisters read more
Not all that tempts your wandering eyes
And heedless hearts is lawful prize,
Not all that glisters gold.
If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day read more
If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!
UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.
You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.
Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. - Lacon, 1825.
Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. - Lacon, 1825.