It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.

The heroic man does not pose; he leaves that for the man who wishes to be thought heroic.

Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

As a career, the business of an orthodox preacher is about as successful as that of a celluloid dog chasing an asbestos cat through hell.

Tragedy and comedy are simply questions of value; a little misfit in life makes us laugh; a great one is tragedy and cause for expression of grief.