Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience

- Quando sarai stanco di star lì cambierai idea! - gli gridò.
- Non cambierò mai idea, - fece mio fratello, dal ramo.
- Ti farò vedere io, appena scendi! -
- E io non scenderò più! -
E mantenne la parola.

Punctuality is the soul of business.

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.

No one is rich whose expenditures exceed his means, and no one is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings.