Don't dream your life, but live your dream

To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government and the sure and gradual deterioration of the public morals.

The law of work seems unfair, but nothing can change it; the more enjoyment you get out of your work, the more money you will make.

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

Morals are not the important thing-nor enlightenment-nor civilization. A man can do absolutely well without them, but he can't do without something to eat. The supremest thing is the need of the body, not of the mind and spirit.

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.

That's just the way: a person does a low-down thing, and then he don't want to take no consequences of it. Thinks as long as he can hide it, it ain't no disgrace.