A jay hasn’t got any more principle than a Congressman. A jay will lie, a jay will steal, a jay will deceive, a jay will betray; and four times out of five, a jay will go back on his solemnest promise.
Mark Twain Quotes
To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature Congressman.
Conformity-the natural instinct to passively yield to that vague something recognized as authority.
It will start in here in November and rain about four, and sometimes as much as seven days on a stretch; after that, you may loan out your umbrella for twelve months, with the serene confidence which a Christian feels in four aces.
There is nothing that saps one’s confidence as the knowing how to do a thing.
I haven’t a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices.
I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception.
An occasional compliment is necessary to keep up one’s self-respect.
There is nothing you can say in answer to a compliment. I have been complimented myself a great many times, and they always embarrass me – I always feel that they have not said enough.
A dozen direct censures are easier to bear than one morganatic compliment.
