Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense. Show them the red tail of a comet, fill them with black terror, and they will all come running out of their houses and break their legs. But tell them one sensible proposition, and support it with seven reasons, and they will simply laugh in your face.

A theater without beer is just a museum

The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.

First the pork chops, then morality

The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.

Love is the wish to give, not to receive.

When you name yourself, you always name another.