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If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.

For the love of God, folks, don't do this at home.

Trust, but verify.

Start slow and taper off.

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of a great sculpture.

Experience teaches only the teachable.

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.

Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may fool all of the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

As to diseases, make a habit of two things - to help, or at least, to do no harm. - Epidemics.

Live every day as if it were your last, because one of these days, it will be.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. - Mahfouz.

A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. . -Lin Yutang.

A child's hand in yours - what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone of power and wisdom. Merry Browne -Marjorie Holmes.