The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

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Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

Man was created a little lower than the angels and has bin getting a little...

Man was created a little lower than the angels and has bin getting a little...

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

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...

There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.

There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.

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

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

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you...

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you...

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without...

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without...

If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to...

If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to...

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its...

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its...

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.

We hate those who will not take our advice and despise those who do.

We hate those who will not take our advice and despise those who do.

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.

Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool

Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing...

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing...

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.

Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you...

Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you...