Mary Wilson Little
Mary Wilson Little
man
If man is only a little lower than the angels, the angels should reform.
penalty people success
The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.
followed knows parts sleep wake waking
In some parts of Ireland the sleep which knows no waking is always followed by a wake which knows no sleeping.
good half manners politeness
Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.
mostly
It is difficult to see why lace should be so expensive; it is mostly holes.
face tombstone upright
The tombstone is about the only thing that can stand upright and lie on its face at the same time.
hard himself hours sixteen sixty wisdom
He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.
cigar girl himself people youth
A youth with his first cigar makes himself sick; a youth with his first girl makes other people sick.
good half manners politeness
Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.