If you send a damned fool to St. Louis, and you don't tell them he's a damned fool, they'll never find out.

Do not complain about growing old. It is a privilege denied to many.

A reputable lawyer will advise you to keep out of the law, make the best of a foolish bargain, and not get caught again.

Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous.

Everything human is pathetic

What is the most rigorous law of our being? Growth. No smallest atom of our moral, mental, or physical structure can stand still a year. It grows - it must grow; nothing can prevent it.

No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot