A bed is a necessity, but if you can spend a day there, it becomes a luxury.
A filing cabinet is something you clutter instead of your desk.
A ghost writer is someone who disappears when you need him.
A hospital is a place where the staff have more complaints than the patients.
A sense of humour is as important to life as shock absorbers are to a car; it helps us over the bumps.
A soul-lift is more beneficial than a face-lift.
A typographical error is what used to be known as a spelling error.
A well delivered speech could save the day, though you may be judged by what you fail to say.
A working holiday is one where you're foolish enough to stay home.
Bad manners , attributed to the youth of today, are often displayed by the youth of yesterday.
Before starting a new life be sure you're finished with the old one.
Being your age is hard enough without having to act it.
Better to eat humble pie than no pie at all!
Discontent can't be camouflaged.
Doctors will always be popular as we all love to hear something about ourselves.
Employees seldom get dressed down for being dressed up.
Have you ever stopped to think about the time we spend each day going in and out of doorways?
I don't mind inflation if it means I go up when I die.
I still have a lot to earn.
I would rather be disliked than considered a fool.
If loved objects are said to transmit vibrations, it must be hard parting with an old car.
If there were no good in the world, we would not be hearing so much about evil.
If you are a constant irritation to someone, don't worry; remember the pearl starts from an irritation.
If you feel that some things in life are not coming fast enough, at least you can't complain about your birthdays.
If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it.
In life, as with driving, you should brake before you make a turn.
Indecision can cause more emotional harm than the making of a wrong decision.
It is commonplace to be right in the second place when we were wrong in the first place.
It is easier to suffer in time of need than to deny oneself when there is plenty.
It isn't a poor workman who blames his tools, it's a poor workman who tolerates faulty tools.
It is sad that we find it necessary to thank people for their honesty.
It is wrong for two people to live as one. Should one die, the surviver would, therefore, be only half a person.
Knowledge is power, but money pays for the fuel
Man-made laws are an echo only of the laws of God.
Maybe the only reason you are "past it" is that you over-accelerated.
Most people refuse to face the fact that play is just as exhausting as work.
Nobody ever returns a cheque - except the bank.
Nothing isolates us more from the rest of humanity than being the only sick person in a group of healthy people.
Of all the social diseases, poverty of the mind is the worst.
People who constantly live in the past are usually afraid of the present.
Selfishness is the foundation of all crime.
Slang in the English language, works in much the same way as spice in food; too much can drown the flavour and cause indigestion.
Some people refuse to concede that there is a difference between being slow and being thorough.
Speaking of the generation gap, to be in one's thirties is to be caught between floors in a lift.
Strange how some people can make other people laugh but can't amuse themselves.
The grass is greener on the other side only because we haven't had a chance to mow it.
The person who is good company is never afraid to be alone.
The state of poverty solves as many financial problems as it creates.
The surest way to dehumanise a person is to place him in a crowd.
There are few feelings to match those of a person who wants to work and is not able to.
There is more wisdom in humour than there is humour in wisdom.
To be critical of one's friends is forgivable, to be critical of people we have never met is unforgivable.
To hate your parents is to hate yourself.
To the traveller, the most beautiful sight in the world is often a rest room.
Too many stews spoil the cook.
We want smaller classes in schools because we believe children should be scene and not herd.
What used to be known as disobedience in children is now known as "having your own mind".
What you don't know can't bother you - unless you're sitting for an examination.
When ironing out problems, there is always the risk of putting in more creases.
When the fever dies, we can see the disease for what it really is.
When women start wearing sensible shoes you'll know femininity has finally died.
When you reach the age of legal independence, you can do as other people like.
When you stay in a job too long, you find faults which weren't there before.
When you stir up the water you can see the mud.
When we have an itch, we are more concerned with the cure than the cause.
Where there's a will there's a way; unless you're trying to use a public telephone.
Why is it that "good morning" and "good afternoon" always sound more polite than "good day"?
Why is it, that when we have a few white hairs, only the coloured ones come out in the comb.
Why the emphasis on home ownership when life itself is only leased.
With the Marriage Market, compared with the Stock Market, there's the certainty that the longer a woman holds onto her shares, the less they will be worth.
Women make good accountants; their natural curiousity helps them when looking for a balance.
You should work where you are most needed; a torch shines better in the dark.