The most agreeable thing in life is worthy accomplishment. It is not possible that the idle tramp is as contented as the farmers along the road who own their own farms, and whose credit is good at the bank in town. When the tramps get together at night, they abuse the farmers, but do not get as much satisfaction out of it as do the farmers who abuse the tramps. The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

Nearly every lawsuit is an insult to the intelligence of both plaintiff and defendant.

It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.

Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.

If you go to church, and like the singing better than the preaching, that's not orthodox.

There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.

Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.