The quickest way to take the starch out of someone who is always blaming himself is to agree with him.

Satire that is seasonable and just is often more effectual than law or gospel.

Lying is like trying to hide in a fog: If you move about you're in danger of bumping your head against the truth, and as soon as the fog blows off, you are gone anyhow.

It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge a elephant, but we can't dodge a fly.

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

It's a wise man who profits by his own experience, but it's a good deal wiser one who lets the rattlesnake bite the other fellow.

The nearest we can come to) perfect happiness is to cheat ourselves with the belief that we have got it.