Sane and intelligent human beings are like all other human beings, and carefully and cautiously and diligently conceal their private real opinions from the world and give out fictitious ones in their stead for general consumption.

Information appears to stew out of me naturally, like the precious otter of roses out of the otter.

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.

It liberates the vandal to travel-you never saw a bigoted, opinionated, stubborn, narrow-minded, self-conceited, almighty mean man in your life but he had stuck in one place since he was born and thought God made the world and dyspepsia and bile for his especial comfort and satisfaction.

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

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.

Never waste a lie; you never know when you may need it.