Our notion of an optimist is a man who knowing that each year was worse than the preceding, thinks next year will be better. And a pessimist is a man who knows the next year can't be worse than the last one.

There is no accounting for tastes, as the woman said when someone told her her son was wanted by the police.

Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.

If a man keeps his trap shut, the world will beat a path to his door.

While the work or play is on, it is a lot of fun if while you are doing one you don't constantly feel that you ought to be doing the other.

There are hundreds who can stand failure to one who can stand success; the good loser is far more common than the good winner.

When a man you like switches from what he said a year ago, or 4 years ago, he is a broad-minded person who has courage enough to change his mind with changing conditions. When a man you don't like does it, he is a liar who has broken his promises.