Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.

The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.

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

Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.

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

I have long been disposed to judge men by their average. If it is reasonably high, I am charitable with faults that look pretty black.

Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.