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

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.

Youth is about the only thing worth having, and that is about the only thing youth has.

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

Love affairs have always greatly interested me, but I do not greatly care for them in books or moving pictures. In a love affair, I wish to be the hero, with no audience present.

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

You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.