If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

Some civilized women would lose half their charm without dress and some would lose all of it.

The rain ...falls upon the just and the unjust alike; a thing which would not happen if I were superintending the rain's affairs. No, I would rain softly and sweetly on the just, but if I caught a sample of the unjust outdoors, I would drown him.

There are only two types of speakers in the world. 1. The nervous and 2. Liars.

Total abstinence is so excellent a thing that it cannot be carried to too great an extent. In my passion for it I even carry it so far as to totally abstain from total abstinence itself.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether. A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer. All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Supposing is good, but finding out is better.