If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.

It is your enemies who keep you straight. For real use one active, sneering enemy is worth two ordinary friends.

Everyone hates a martyr; it's no wonder martyrs were burned at the stake.

Where the guests at a gathering are well-acquainted, they eat 20 per cent more than they otherwise would.

You can't do anything unless you do it yourself. And usually you can't do it yourself very well.

The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.

When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time.