Little Bill Daggett: It's been a long time, Bob. You run out of Chinamen? English Bob: Little Bill, well I thought you was, well I thought that you were dead. I see you've shaved your chin whiskers off. Little Bill Daggett: I was tasting the soup two...
He who wants to be a dragon must eat many little snakes.
Large demands on oneself and little demands on others keep resentment at bay.
Even in the tiniest little chapel there are some prayers said once a year.
Of listening children have your fears, for little pitchers have great ears.
The little stars will always shine while the great sun is often eclipsed.
One finds little ingratitude so long as one is in a position to grant favors.
He who begins too much accomplishes little.
Marry for money, my little sonny, a rich man's joke is always funny.
It is little use to dig a well after the house has caught fire.
We learn little from victory, but a great deal from defeat.
If a man leaves little children behind him, it is as if he did not die.
If the Devil were dead, folk would do little for God's sake.
A woman's advice is of little value, but he who does not take it is a fool.
To give too much when little is asked is a form of refusal.
No matter if you eat a little or a lot of garlic, the smell is just as strong.
He that is uneasy at every little pain is never without some ache.
What is a big shot except a little shot that kept on shooting.
There is little use building a fence around the garden to keep out the rabbits.
I am not sad, he would repeat to himself over and over, I am not sad. As if he might one day convince himself. Or fool himself. Or convince others—the only thing worse than being sad is for others to know that you are sad. I am not sad. I am not sa...
But nothing will help quite so much as just keeping quiet, talking with other people as little as possible, with yourself as much as possible. For conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insinuating and insidious something that elicits secrets ...
