One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.

Quote by Josh Billings

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Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those you hold well.

Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those you hold well.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.

Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he...

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he...

There are very few good judges of humor, and they don't agree.

There are very few good judges of humor, and they don't agree.

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the...

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the...

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice...

When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice...

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his...

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his...

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

Poverty is the step-mother of genius

Poverty is the step-mother of genius

As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has...

As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has...

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who...

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who...

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been

Reason often makes mistakes but conscience never does.

Reason often makes mistakes but conscience never does.

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be...

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be...

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him...

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him...