Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

A man in this world without learning is as a beast of the field.

A man in this world without learning is as a beast of the field.

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.

It looks easy, but It's not at all.

It looks easy, but It's not at all.

No one wants advice -- only corroboration. - The Winter of Our Discontent.

No one wants advice -- only corroboration. - The Winter of Our Discontent.

It's simply a matter of doing what you do best and not worrying about what the other fellow is going read more

It's simply a matter of doing what you do best and not worrying about what the other fellow is going to do.

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.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.