The worst thing about cynicism is its truth. (T)
Tell your secrets and become a slave. (M)
Hunger is the best sauce--and the worst boss. (M)
To go wool gathering. (T) Wall Street's Motto.
You may drink hearty but not healthy. (T)
He who will have a finger in every pie will some day find it mince. (T)
[Illustration: Nothing is stronger than custom-s. (T)]
He's a friend to none who's a friend to oil. (T) The Standard Motto.
I would fain not die a dry death. (M) With apologies to "The Tempest."
A penny yearned is a penny shaved. (T) The Sage's Motto.
O wad some power the giftie gie us To see some people before they see us! (M)
Discretion is the better part of indiscretion. (T)
Love is blind--that explains many things. (M)
A cad--the other man. A cat--the other woman. (H)
A man of courage never needs weapons--but he may need bail. (M)
A flea in the ear is worse than two on the dog. (T)
He that liveth well hath (l)earned enough. (M)
Born with a silver spoon in the mouth--and somebody hopes you choke. (T)
People who have never been tempted are just as good as cold-storage eggs. (H)
United we stand it, divided we re-marry. (T)
The original Scotch high bawl--bagpipes. (H)
Old wine and women should not be stirred. (M)
A Piller for Society--a fashionable doctor. (H)
When thieves fall out--then honest men may steal. (T)
"Laissez faire." (H) Corset-Maker's Motto.
Indiscretion is the better part of pallor. (H)
[Illustration: To this complexion do we come at last. Hamlet. (T)]
"Troubles never come singly." Why marry? (T)
Some people's genius lies in giving infinite pains. (T)
They also swear who only stand and wait. (T)
Better fifty minutes motoring than a cycle to Cathay. (H)
[Illustration: The Eternal Deception--Find the Devil?]
Announce of Prevention--"No Admittance." (H)
Give a jury enough dope and it will hang itself. (H)
If the shoe fits--put it on to somebody else. (T)
If at first you don't succeed, buy, buy again. (H) From "Maxims of a Johnny."
You may have many strings to your Beau, but "It doesn't always follow." (H)
Two is Company, three is Investigation. (T)
"Peace that passeth all understanding"--the Hague Conference. (H)
Those who "cursed the day they were born" must have been infant prodigies. (T)
They say the artist never repeats himself--many artists are too busy repeating other people. (H)