The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.
It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
The woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband, is unworthy of the name of wife.
A person born with an instinct for poverty.
To know the great men dead is compensation for having to live with the mediocre.