There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.

The only thing some people do is get older.

It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.

I declare my belief that it is not your duty to do anything that is not to your own interest. Whenever it is unquestionably your duty to do a thing, then it will benefit you to perform that duty.

Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.

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

Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.