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.

Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.

There must be some good in the cocktail party to account for its immense vogue among otherwise sane people.

There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.

When a man dies, and his kin are glad of it, they say, "He is better off."

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.

No man is smart, except by comparison to those who know less