Man is still a savage to the extent that he has little respect for anything that cannot hurt him.

Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.

When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.

The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in the world.

Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.

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

There is no such thing as a convincing argument, although every man thinks he has one.