There is something in the red of a raspberry pie that looks as good to a man as the red in a sheep looks to a wolf.

Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.

Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.

The only thing some people do is get older.

Honesty is largely a matter of information, of knowing that dishonesty is a mistake. Principle is not as powerful in keeping people straight as a policeman.

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

We must be truthful and fair in the ordinary affairs of life before we can be truthful and fair in patriotism and religion.