From 'the lesson of the moth': and before i could argue him out of his philosophy he went and immolated himself on a patent cigar lighter i do not agree with him myself i would rather have half the happiness and twice the longevity but at the same time i wish there was something i wanted as badly as he wanted to fry himself

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

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

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles.

I once heard the survivors of a colony of ants that had been partially obliterated by a cow's foot seriously debating the intention of the gods towards their civilization.

The things that I can't have I want, And what I have seems second-rate, The things I want to do I can't, And what I have to do I hate.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.