A man who will not get scared on some occasions, lacks good sense.

It is a matter of regret that many low, mean suspicions turn out to be well founded.

A loafer never works except when there is a fire; then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.

If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.

When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.

Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.

Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.