Sometimes the table was graced with immense apple-pies, or saucers full of preserved peaches and pears; but it was always sure to… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
You put on such a brave front. But I know if I took another step toward you, you'd wet your pants." "With… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
Friendship should be a private pleasure, not a public boast. I loathe those braggarts who are forever trying to invest themselves with… — John Mason Brown Copy Share Image
By insisting on having your bottle pointing to the north when the cork is being drawn, and calling the waiter Max, you… — Hector Hugh Munro Copy Share Image
People will not be bored. They may listen politely at a dinner table to boasts and personalities, life history, etc. But in… — Claude C. Hopkins Copy Share Image
When He [God] talks of their losing their selves, He means only abandoning the clamour of self-will; once they have done that,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My natural instinct after doing something shameful is not to rush into the street boasting about it but to put on dark… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image