“ What people say behind your back is your standing in the community. ”
When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.
~ Edgar Watson Howe
The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep
About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.
A modest man is usually admired - if people ever hear of him.