Great Throughts Treasury

"Man is man's wolf."

"Man shoots, God carries the bullets."

"May you not be eaten by something bigger."

"Men are more sentimental than women. It blurs their thinking."

"Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot."

"Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults."

"Miracles are great, but they are so damned unpredictable."

"Money is a powerful aphrodisiac. But flowers work almost as well."

"My home is my castle."

"Natural laws have no pity."

"Money is truthful. If a man speaks of his honor, make him pay cash."

"My inferiority complex is not as good as yours."

"Never appeal to a man's "better nature", he may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage."

"Necessity is the mother of invention."

"Never ask the barber if you need a haircut or a salesman if his is a good price."

"Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity."

"Never try to catch two weasels with one hand."

"Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Then, if he doesn't like what you say, he's a mile away and barefoot."

"Never let any mechanical device know that you are in a hurry."

"Not all that glitters is gold."

"Not everything that's allowed is best."

"Nothing ever gets built on schedule or under budget."

"Never try to out-stubborn a cat."

"Nice computers don't go down."

"No matter which way you go, it's uphill and against the wind."

"Never use a tool that is more intelligent than you are."

"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."

"Nobody roots for Goliath."

"No one is listening until you make a mistake."

"Nothing is humbler than ambition, when it is about to climb."

"Nowadays you have to go to heaven to meet an angel."

"Of course I'm arrogant. The best usually are."

"Of course my job looks easy -- I'm doing it."

"Of the dead, nothing but good."

"Okay, who stopped the payment on my reality check?"

"Old truths, old laws, old friends, old books, and old wine are best."

"On a thief, the hat's on fire."

"One ducat before the trial is worth three afterwards."

"One hand washes the other."

"One man likes playing violin, and the other when his feet are smelly."

"One may teach another to speak, but none can teach another to hold his peace."

"Only the centipede can hear all the footsteps of his uncle."

"Only two groups of people fall for flattery -- men and women."

"One ticket, one seat."

"Opening night -- the night before the play is ready to open."

"Opportunity is a good chance that always looks bigger going than coming."

"One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people."

"Only a sadistic scoundrel - or a fool - tells the bald truth on social occasions."

"People who fight fire with fire, generally end up as ashes."

"Pick your enemies carefully. They're harder to get rid of than friends."