There are a few things that'll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they've been used several times, they no longer work.

A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can't bear to see it.

People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.

When the praying does no good, insurance does help.

There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.

A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he'll give him sixpence. But the second time it'll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he'll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.