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1. A bore is a person who lights up a room simply by leaving it.
2. A cat can be trusted to purr when it is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.
3. A day to come is longer than a year that's past.
4. A first-class will and a second-class brain, will defeat a first-class brain and a second-class will.
5. A flame is not dead until the embers are black.
6. A friend is someone who knows all about you but loves you just the same.
7. A good name is better than riches.
8. A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
9. A hedgehog is an amusing little beast, but a roadhog is a beast without being amusing.
10. A house is not a home.
11. A lawyer is someone who helps you get what is coming to them.
12. A lie is like a snowball; the farther you roll it, the bigger it becomes.
13. A little explained, a little endured a little forgiven, a quarrel is cured.
14. A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married!
15. A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.
16. A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
17. A parent's life is the child's copybook.
18. A Pedestrian ways has to be up to some dodge or other.
19. A soft answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.
20. A Surprise monetary windfall will be accompanied by an unexpected expense of the same amount.
21. A talkative person is seldom over-estimated - someone silent often is.
22. A tax collector has got what it takes to take what you've got.
23. A tree is known by its fruits -not by its roots.
24. A willing helper does not wait to be called.
25. A wise person hates nobody.
26. Ability is the power of applying knowledge to practical purposes.
27. Age is in the mind, not in the calendar.
28. All things work together for good.
29. All's fair in love, war and car parking!
30. Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
31. Always investigate before you speculate.
32. An evening red and a morning grey is a sure sign of a fair day.
33. An industrious person seldom has a busy tongue.
34. And I have promises to keep; And miles to go before I sleep. Robert Frost.
35. Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
36. Antiquity as not a voucher for efficiency.
37. Any man can be a Father but it takes someone special to be a Daddy.
38. Any system which depends on human reliability is unreliable.
39. Anything can be made to work if you fiddle with it long enough.
40. Anything scarce is valuable; praise, for example.
41. Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
42. Be kind - everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
43. Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder.
44. Beer is the most definitely - best.
45. Before we set our hearts upon anything let us examine how happy those are who already possess it.
46. Better late than never.
47. Better to die with honour than to live without it.
48. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
49. Better wear out than rust out.
50. Brevity is the soul of wit.
51. Cars are apt to run too fast on that "holiday spirit".
52. Censure is the tax paid to the public for being eminent.
53. Common sense is instinct, enough of it is genius.
54. Conceit may puff a man up but never prop him up.
55. Courage mounteth with occasion.
56. Culture is not a substitute for life, but the key to it.
57. Custom reconciles us to anything.
58. Diplomacy is the art of tranquil fishing in troubled waters.
59. Divine love always has met, and always will meet, every human need.
60. Do not walk through time without leaving evidence of your passage.
61. Doing' it the hard way is always easier.
62. Don't ever slam a door; you might want to go back.
63. Don't let the world know that you have changed gear.
64. Don't show the others how quickly you can go. You may reach the hospital first.
65. Don't wait for something to turn up -get busy and turn it up your self.
66. Don't wait until your ship comes Row out to meet it.
67. Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.
68. Every day is a great day but some are better than others.
69. Every one has three characters: That which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.
70. Everybody grows quieter as they grow older; there's generally more to keep quiet about.
71. Everyone is guilty of the good they didn't do.
72. Everything in moderation -including moderation.
73. Faith is not closing one's eyes to the facts of life, but opening one's eyes to the wonders of them.
74. Few have all they need, none all they wish.
75. Few wake up to find themselves famous, but those who do prove they haven't been asleep.
76. Firmness of delivery dates is inversely proportional to the tightness of the schedule.
77. Folk who believe in themselves are often easily convinced.
78. For the ignorant old age is as winter for the learned it is a harvest.
79. Forty is the old age of youth, fifty the youth of old age.
80. Friendship is like a chain easily broken.
81. Generosity, to be perfect, should always be accompanied by a dash of humour.
82. Genius does what it must, talent does what it can.
83. Give one fish and you feed for a day. Teach how to fish and you feed for a lifetime.
84. Give your tongue more holiday than your hands and eyes.
85. Glass, china and reputation are easily cracked, but never well mended
86. God has given us two hands - one for giving, the other for receiving.
87. God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform.
88. God must love the common man, he made so many of them.
89. God save me from a bad neighbour and a beginner on the fiddle.
90. Good business never neglects to take expert advice.
91. Great men of action do not plan beforehand all the details of their future course of action.
92. Habit is a shirt made of iron.
93. Happiness grows at our own fireside and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.
94. Happiness is a way of seeing good in everything and everybody.
95. Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
96. Have the courage to live; anyone can die.
97. He that is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else.
98. He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone.
99. He who knows not the world knows not his own place in it.
100. Health is not valued till sickness comes.
101. Health is the foundation of all happiness.
102. Health lies in labour and there is no royal road to it but through toil.
103. Health to the sick, honour to the brave, success to the lover, freedom to the slave.
104. Hope is one of the principal springs that keep mankind in motion.
105. How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is, to have a thankless child!
106. Hunger makes hard beans sweet.
107. Hustle does not necessarily mean efficiency.
108. I believe I shall live forever and will continue in this belief till the day I die.
109. I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it
110. I don't meet competition, I crush it.
111. I drink to make other people interesting.
112. If 'it can't be done' had dismayed the world's leaders, we would still be living in the Stone Age.
113. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
114. If I am a great man, then a good many of the great men of history are frauds.
115. If it is not right, do not do it, if it is not true, do not say it.
116. If it's a business of consequence -do it yourself.
117. If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing
118. If someone is worth knowing at all, they are worth knowing well.
119. If we do not know to which port we are steering, no wind is favourable.
120. If you can't be a sun, don't be a cloud.
121. If you put away a tool that you are certain you're finished with, you will need it instantly.
122. If you think you can - you can.
123. If you want to be original, be yourself-no two people are alike.
124. If you want to kill an idea, get a committee working on it.
125. If you would like to know the value of money go and try to borrow some.
126. If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it they are wrong.
127. In a motoring argument there are always three points of view - your own, the other drivers, and the right one.
128. In all the wedding cake, hope is the sweetest plum.
129. In life, as in bridge, more is scored by honours than by tricks.
130. Innocence shall make false accusation blush.
131. "It does not cost much to have your car overhauled," states an advertisement. Unless it's traffic police who do it!
132. It is a wise man that has his afterthoughts first.
133. It is better to live one day as a lion than a hundred years as a sheep.
134. It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.
135. It is from books that the wise derive consolation for the troubles of life.
136. It is wise to look ahead, but foolish to look further than you can see.
137. It often needs an open mind to keep one's mouth shut.
138. It would be a better world if we spared for others a little of the sympathy we have for ourselves.
139. It's what we learn after we think we know it all that counts.
140. Its better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
141. Keep your face towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.
142. Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish.
143. Knowledge of thyself will preserve thee from vanity.
144. Laugh and world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone.
145. Laughter lightens the cloudiest day.
146. Let us permit nature her way; she understands her business better than we do.
147. Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
148. Liars begin by imposing upon others, but end by deceiving themselves.
149. Life is a short day, but it is a working day
150. Life is made up of getting and giving, and forgetting and forgiving.
151. Life would be so enjoyable but for the folks you meet on the way.
152. Life's a bitch - and then you die.
153. Like a donkey's tail - always behind.
154. Live for today.
155. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget - lest we forget! Kipling.
156. Love doesn't make the world go round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
157. Love is for sharing.
158. Love makes hard hearts gentle.
159. Luck, love and lightning never strike twice in the same place.
160. Man is the only animal that blushes, or needs to.
161. Manners are the happy way of doing things.
162. Many a little mug has grown to be a big pot.
163. Many people are born crying complaining and die disappointed.
164. Many who think they deserve a feather in their cap have a bee in their bonnet.
165. Money lost, nothing lost; honour lost, much lost; courage lost, all lost.
166. Money may mean trouble, but it's the only sort of trouble that's difficult to borrow.
167. Money often costs too much.
168. Money will buy a pretty dog but it won't buy the wag of his tail.
169. More precious than gold or silver, happy memories brought to mind
170. Naught's had, all's spent, where our desire is got without content.
171. Necessity may be the mother of invention, but it is also the mother of instalments.
172. Never forget that the darkest hour is only sixty minutes.
173. Never lie for want of news.
174. Never say what time you'll be home, then you can't be late.
175. Never stand on your dignity, there's nothing in the world so slippery.
176. Never try to appear what you are not.
177. Never was good work done without so much trouble.
178. No man is rich enough to buy back his past. Oscar Wilde.
179. No matter how early you arrive, someone else is in line first.
180. No one is a failure who is enjoying life.
181. Not so fast in front.
182. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
183. Nothing is of greater value than a single day.
184. One is nearer God's heart in a garden than anywhere else on earth.
185. One kind word can warm three winter months.
186. One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure in life as laughter.
187. Only a mint can make money without advertising.
188. Patience is a good servant whom all recommend, but few like to employ.
189. People can take everything away from you except memories.
190. People do not lack strength, they lack will.
191. People who are always full of themselves ought to diet.
192. Plant the garden of your life with friendship's lovely flowers.
193. Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
194. Praise makes the good feel better and the bad feel worse.
195. Send not to seek for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee.
196. Show you care - and others will care for you.
197. Shun idleness; it is the rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.
198. Silence is more musical than any song.
199. Silence is one great art of conversation.
200. Some are known by their deeds -others by their mortgages.
201. Some people have a one-track mind and very little traffic on it.
202. Some people with open minds let the wrong kind of stuff get in.
203. Some so-called open minds should be closed for repairs.
204. Success is a journey not a destination.
205. Success is a matter of luck. Ask any failure.
206. Success is very often failure with a new coat of paint.
207. Take away love and our earth is a tomb.
208. That which the mind conceives, that also must the mind control.
209. The aim is not more goods for people to buy, but more opportunities for them to live.
210. The art of living is to want less and experience more.
211. The best manners are stained by the addition of pride.
212. The best way to assure tomorrow's market is to make today's quality absolutely dependable.
213. The biggest liar in the world is "they say".
214. The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.
215. The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
216. The Devil can quote scripture for his own purpose. Shakespeare.
217. The devil's boots don't creak.
218. The easiest thing to grow in a garden is tired.
219. The good we stand on is our truth and honesty.
220. The great majority of people exist but do not live.
221. The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
222. The greatest fault is to be conscious of none.
223. The greatest fool may ask more than the wisest can answer.
224. The hand that gives, gathers.
225. The hardest frost can't touch a really Sunny disposition.
226. The important thing is never to stop questioning.
227. The last taste of things gives them the name of sweet or sour.
228. The more horsepower possessed by a car the more horsesense is needed to drive it.
229. The most expensive component is the one that breaks.
230. The next best thing to coming of good stock is to own plenty of it.
231. The only way to stop smoking is to just stop - no ifs, ands or butts!!
232. The past is another country-they do things differently there.
233. The phone call you keep waiting for comes the minute you're out the door.
234. The poor have little, beggars none; the rich too much, enough not one.
235. The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.
236. The school of experience has very few holidays.
237. The slogan that leads to success: "Adopt-Adapt-Improve".
238. The straight and narrow path is the only one which does not seem to have a traffic problem.
239. The strong, silent type gets credit for quite a lot about which they know nothing.
240. The time to be happy is now.
241. The trouble with most of us is that we are too fond of people who agree with us and of food that doesn't.
242. The wise will make more opportunities than they find.
243. The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.
244. The world is my oyster.
245. There are too many people and too few human beings.
246. There is a keystone to every arch; and a combination to every lock.
247. There is no argument equal to happy smile.
248. There is no cure for birth or death save to enjoy the interval.
249. There is no job so simple that it cannot be done wrong.
250. There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.
251. They are always right who suspect that they make mistakes.
252. They give twice who give quickly.
253. They that endure will not be overcome.
254. They that hazard all do it in hope of fair advantage.
255. They that want money, means and content are without three good friends.
256. They who cease to grow greater grow smaller.
257. They who commit a mistake and do not correct it commit another mistake.
258. They who work merely because they have to, will never advance.
259. Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.
260. Think before you ink.
261. Think twice before you speak, and then say it to yourself.
262. Those of you who think you know everything are annoying to those of us who do.
263. Those who "get there" do so through their own achievements not through their dreams.
264. Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
265. Those who give - receive.
266. Time goes, you say? Ah no! Alas, Time stays, we go.
267. Time is money - but not when you're doing it in jail.
268. Time passes, memories stay, loved and remembered every day.
269. To a brave heart -nothing is impossible.
270. To err is human, to forgive divine.
271. To live is like love; all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.
272. To love and be loved is the essence of life.
273. Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday - and all is well.
274. Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair.
275. Truth is the only thing that cannot be improved upon.
276. Two men looked thro' prison bars; one saw mud, the other saw stars.
277. Undecided People lose half their life; the energetic double it.
278. Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge.
279. Waste is crime.
280. We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.
281. We are all manufacturers making good, making trouble or making excuses.
282. We better serve ourselves by serving others best.
283. We can never soon enough convince ourselves how easily we can be dispensed with.
284. We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
285. We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road -they get run over.
286. We never know the love of parents until we become parents ourselves.
287. What benefits a man if he gains a whole world but loses his own soul?
288. What's not worth doing, is not worth doing well.
289. When the devil wants to win recruits he never wastes his time among busy people.
290. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
291. When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden.
292. When you aim at nothing you will seldom miss the target.
293. When you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal.
294. When you meet temptation, turn to the right.
295. When you're down you are not necessarily a failure. It's staying down that makes a failure.
296. Where are the snows of yesteryear?
297. Wise sayings often fall on barren ground but a kind word is never thrown away.
298. With business as with bootlace patience will Untie knots
299. Write it down. The worst ink survives the best memory.
300. You can only be young once, but you can be immature forever.
301. You cannot build a reputation on things you are going to do.
302. You cannot carve rotten wood.
303. You'll never be a thinker if you can't laugh.
304. You'll never know unless you try.
305. You've got to keep going to get anywhere.
306. You've heard of the three ages of man: youth, old age and "you're looking wonderful!"
307. Your competitor can cut prices, but when you sell personal service he is up against it.
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