In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.

Many a man spanks his children for things his own father should have spanked out of him.

Too many creatures both insects and humans estimate their own value by the amount of minor irritation they are able to cause to greater personalities than themselves.

Life is one damned kitten after another." Mehitabel the Alley Cat

As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his image and mirror his needs. And he clothes them with thunders and beauty, He clothes them with music and fire, Seeing not, as he bows by their altars, That he worships his own desire.