Accustomed as I am to public speaking, I know the futility of it.

When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them

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

Too much truth is uncouth.

Having imagination, it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that, if you were unimaginative, would take you only a minute. Or you might not write the paragraph at all.

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.

And of all glad words of prose or rhyme, The gladdest are Act while there yet is time