Author: Mary Wilson Little

The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.

(1880 – ?) American author
Success

He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.

(1880 – ?) American author
Education Intelligence Learning Wisdom

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.

(1880 – ?) American author
Characteristics Lies

It is difficult to see why lace should be so expensive; it is mostly holes.

(1880 – ?) American author
Things

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.

(1880 – ?) American author
Situations Work

The tombstone is about the only thing that can stand upright and lie on its face at the same time.

(1880 – ?) American author
Beliefs Honesty Lies Things

A youth with his first cigar makes himself sick; a youth with his first girl makes other people sick.

(1880 – ?) American author
Dating People Relationships