The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod.

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to.

I am a poor man, but I have this consolation: I am poor by accident, not by design.

Vanity is a strange passion; rather than be out of a job it will brag of its vices.

Successful writers learn at last what they should learn at first,--to be intelligently simple.