Wise-saws: Or, Sam Slick in Search of a...
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“Some people have a perfect genius for doing nothing, and doing it assiduously.”
“Mothers can get weaned as well as babies.”
Source: The attaché: or Sam Slick in England
“Women forgive injuries, but never forget slights.”
Source: The old judge; or, Life in a colony, by the author of 'Sam Slick, the clockmaker'.
Source: The Clockmaker: The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville
“We reckon hours and minutes to be dollars and cents.”
Source: The Clockmaker: Or, The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville ...
Source: The Clockmaker: Or, The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville ...
“A brave man is sometimes a desperado: a bully is always a coward.”
Source: Sam Slick's Wise Saws and Modern Instances: Or, What He Said, Did, Or Invented
“A coxcomb is four-fifths affectation and one-fifth vanity.”
“Fastidiousness is the envelope of indelicacy.”
Source: Nature and human nature. By the author of
Source: Sam Slick's Wise Saws and Modern Instances: Or, What He Said, Did, Or Invented
Source: Nature and Human Nature
“A woman who wants a charitable heart wants a pure mind.”
Source: Wise-saws: Or, Sam Slick in Search of a Wife
“Women will sometimes confess their sins, but I never knew one to confess her faults.”
“People have no right to make fools of themselves, unless they have no relations to blush for them.”
Source: Wise-saws: Or, Sam Slick in Search of a Wife
“Look not to a woman's head for her brains, but rather to her heart.”
“Life ain't all beer and skittles.”
Source: Nature and Human Nature
Source: Wise-saws: Or, Sam Slick in Search of a Wife
“Vanity is not half a bad principle, if it will but stick to legitimate business.”
“Wishes, like castles in the air, are inexpensive and not taxable.”
“Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.”
“There is nothing like fun, is there? I haven't any myself, but I do like it in others.”
Source: Nature and Human Nature
“Every man's religion is his own, and nobody else's business.”
Source: The Clockmaker, Etc
“When a man is wrong and won't admit is, he always gets angry.”
Source: Wise-saws: Or, Sam Slick in Search of a Wife