That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.

I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.

Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.

As crowds increase we build our forts of inattention, and the more we talk the easier it is to mean little and listen not at all.

That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.

Distaste sounds more emphatic when expressed as moral disapproval. With most of us the moral counterblast is nothing more than the angry rendering of a yawn.

Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?