The true charm of pedestrians does not lie in the walking, or in the scenery, but in the talking.

Protestant parents still keep a Bible handy in the house, so that the children can study it, and one of the first things the little boys and girls learn is to be righteous and holy and not piss against the wall. They study those passages more than they study any others, except those which incite to masturbation. Those they hunt out and study in private.

It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.

I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception.

Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.

In statesmanship get formalities right, never mind about the moralities.

Training- training is everything; training is all there is to a person. We speak of nature; it is folly; there is no such thing as nature; what we call by that misleading name is merely heredity and training. We have no thoughts of our own, no opinions of our own; they are transmitted to us, trained into us.