The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

A loafer never works except when there is a fire; then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.

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

When a man once gets a start holding office, it is nearly always necessary to finally choke him off.

No wonder the teacher knows so much; she has the book.

If the fools do not control the world, it isn't because they are not in the majority.

There is something in the red of a raspberry pie that looks as good to a man as the red in a sheep looks to a wolf.