Punctuality is disappointing if no one is there to appreciate it.

Reforms come from the bottom. No man with four aces requests a new deal.

Regarding trade relations, most people would like to.

Running is an unnatural act, except from enemies & to the john.

Science opens to us the book of nature; comedy, the book of human nature.

Secular education can make men clever, but it cannot make them good.

Self-determination is fine but needs to be tempered with self-control.

Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.

So far the only successful substitute for brains is silence.

So near and yet so what?

Some men go through a forest and see no firewood.

Some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Some people jump to conclusions while others dig for facts.

Some peoples heads are particularly suited to handle empty praise.

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Someday is not a day of the week.

Sometimes we are limited more by attitude than by opportunities.

Sometimes we miss happiness by looking too far for things nearby.

Spellers of the world, untie!

Stand still and silently watch the world go by - and it will.

Strategy is when you run out of ammunition but keep firing anyway.

Success comes before work only in the dictionary.

Success is more dependent on the backbone than the wishbone.

Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.

The beginning of wisdom is silence. The second step is listening.

The best way to bluff is to keep your mouth shut.

The biggest block to any man's success is in his head.

The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.

The closest anyone ever comes to perfection is on a job application form.

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

The fire of glory is the torch of the mind.

The foolish and the dead are the only ones who never change their opinion.

The hardest work is being idle.

The heart of education is the education of the heart.

The inability to make a decision has often been passed off as patience.

The man who wakes up and finds himself famous hasn't been asleep.

The most effective answer to an insult is silence.

The nicest thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

The person who sings his own praise is probably a soloist.

The person who thinks too little usually talks too much.

The person with nothing to do always gives it his personal attention.

The relationship of editor to author is knife to throat.

The shortest distance between two points is usually under repair.

The silver lining is always easier to find in someone else's cloud.

The tanned appearance of many Londoners is not a sunburn- it is rust.

The two hardest things to handle in life are failure & success.

The way to kill time profitably is to work it to death.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the first to be replaced.

There are so many ways of being a fool that it's hard to avoid them all.