One should never generalize.
Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous.
Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
Also, too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
And don’t start a sentence with a conjunction.
It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
Avoid clichés like the plague. (They’re old hat).
Always avoid annoying alliteration.
Be more or less specific.
Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn’t the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
A ship in a harbor is safe. But that is not what ships are built for.
Begin each day as a new discovery, and you will never grow old….. you will just grow.
Find out who you are, and do it on purpose.
You’re never too old to learn something stupid
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research
I didn’t say it was your fault; I said I was blaming you
A boy, frustrated with all the rules he had to follow, asked his father, “Dad, when will I be old enough to do as I please?” The father answered immediately, “I don’t know, son. Nobody has lived that long yet.”
By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he’s too old to go anywhere
No matter how you celebrate and make a racket
You’ll never forget where you buried the hatchet
Can’t tell where the train comes from by looking at the track.