WednesdayMay 13, 2026
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When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier, and hoarser than his wife.
If a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something Appropriate and do it.
Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends better.
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
The liberty of the press is most generally approved when it takes liberties with the other fellow, and leaves us alone.
Families with babies and families without are so sorry for each other.
I don't want my friends to die for me; if they will just be polite and let me alone, I will be satisfied.
Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.
Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.
The history of mankind is one long record of giving revolution another trial and then limping back at last to sanity, safety and hard work!
Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
Life is like a game of cards. Reliability is the ace, industry the king, politeness the queen, thrift the jack. Commonsense is playing to best advantage the cards you draw. And every day, as the game proceeds, you will find the ace, king, queen, jack in your hand and opportunity to use them.
No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
A modest man is usually admired if people ever hear of him.
The natural man has a difficult time getting along in this world. Half the people think he is a scoundrel because he is not a hypocrite.
If you succeed in life, you must do it in spite of the efforts of others to pull you down. There is nothing in the idea that people are willing to help those who help themselves. People are willing to help a man who can't help himself, but as soon as a man is able to help himself, and does it, they join in making his life as uncomfortable as possible.
There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.
Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.
Another person's secret is like another person's money: you are not as careful with it as you are with your own.
Half the world does not know how the other half lives, but is trying to find out.
We must be truthful and fair in the ordinary affairs of life before we can be truthful and fair in patriotism and religion.
Its no credit to anyone to work too hard.
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties that do not exist.
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
A really busy person never knows how much he weighs.
No man's credit is ever as good as his money.
Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.
If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.
You neednt love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.
When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.
When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.
People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.
As a man handles his troubles during the day, he goes to bed at night a General, Captain or Private.
The joy of feeling fit physically is reflected in a clearer and more useful mind. You may read and study forever, but you come to no more important truthful conclusions than these two: 1. Take care of your body (eat and exercise properly), and your mind will improve. 2. Work hard, and be polite and fair, and your condition in the world will improve. No pills, tablets, lotions, philosophies, will do as much for you as this simple formula I have outlined. The formula is not of my invention. Every intelligent man of experience since time began has taught it as a natural fact.
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