If it’s very painful for you to criticize your friends—you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it—that’s the time to hold … - Alice Duer Miller

It's treating a woman politely </br> As long as she isn't a fright: </br> It's guarding the girls who act rightly, </br> If you can be judge of what's right; </br> It's being—not just, but so pleasant; </br> It's tipping while wages are low; </br> It's making a beautiful present, </br> And failing to pay what you owe.

There, little girl, don't read, </br> You're fond of your books, I know, </br> But Brother might mope </br> If he had no hope </br> Of getting ahead of you. </br> It's dull for a boy who cannot lead. </br> There, little girl, don't read.

People who deal in truth themselves recognize it when they hear it, just as people who deal in diamonds recognize a real stone when they see it.