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

At first a woman doesn't want anything but a husband, but as soon as gets one, she wants everything else in the world.

Probably no man ever had a friend that he did not dislike a little.

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

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

Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go; while you may enjoy the flowers, you may not eat them.

One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money.