Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them season.

In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents?

To one in sympathy with nature, each season, in its turn, seems the loveliest.

A man may have no bad habits and have worse

Some people bring joy wherever they go, and some people bring joy whenever they go.

The law of work does seem utterly unfair-but there it is, and nothing can change it: the higher the pay in enjoyment the worker gets out of it, the higher shall be his pay in cash, too.

The new political gospel: public office is private graft.