Patriotism is usually the refuge of the scoundrel. He is the man who talks the loudest.

After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; ... I should be sorry to have that voice fall silent and pass out of my life.

The truth hurts, but silence kills.

Gratitude is a debt which usually goes on accumulating like blackmail; the more you pay, the more is exacted.

The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.

Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it.

Simple rules for saving money: To save half, when you are fired by an eager impulse to contribute to a charity, wait and count to forty. To save three quarters, count sixty. To save all, count sixty-five.