There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations. We keep on turning and making new combinations indefinitely; but they are the same old pieces of colored glass that have been in use through all the ages.

Old habits cannot be thrown out the upstairs window. They have to be coaxed downstairs one step at a time.

We all like to see people sea-sick when we are not ourselves.

Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.

A man with a hump-backed uncle mustn't make fun of another man's cross-eyed aunt

My parents were neither very poor nor conspicuously honest.

Never mistake motion for progress.