Everyone hates a martyr; it's no wonder martyrs were burned at the stake.

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

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

If you go to church, and like the singing better than the preaching, that's not orthodox.

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.

The greatest thing in the world is for a man to be able to do something well, and say nothing about it.

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