He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest.

Half the truth is often a great lie.

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.

An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.

Courtesy of tongue," said Rowena, "when it is used to veil churlishness of deed, is but a knight's girdle around the breast of a base clown.["]

The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt