I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.

Peace is the soft and holy shadow that virtue casts.

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.

A man running for office puts me in mind of a dog that's lost-he smells everybody he meets, and wags himself all over.

Adam invented love at first sight, one of the greatest labor-saving machines the world ever saw.

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

Clothes form the intellect of the dandy.