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

I believe in grumbling; it is the politest form of fighting known.

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.

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

A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

A religion that never suffices to govern a man will never suffice to save him; that which does not sufficiently distinguish one from a wicked world will never distinguish him from a perishing world.

Nothing tires a man more than to be grateful all the time.