Beautiful Sayings

A certain doctor gives every patient suffering in his nerves these three pieces of advice, and guarantees that they will renew his ailing condition:
1: Take a long walk on foot.
2: Read a new book.
3: Make yourself a new friend.

It is not difficult to master the art of speaking, but it is very hard indeed to master the art of listening to those who talk to you, and to listen with great pleasure and understanding...

Every mistake my son makes teaches him a precious lesson, and these lessons could make him wise — were it not that he is forever making bigger and bigger mistakes!

Success is carving the mountain with your fingernails.

There is no man alive who believes that people see him as old as his real age!

If you are beautiful, he admires you; if you are intelligent, he respects you; but if you are enchanting, he worships you and casts at your feet the love that a man gives only to the enchanting woman!

All men long for peace and quiet, but few of them do the things that lead to peace and quiet!

Women at forty can look as beautiful as if they were girls of twenty-five.