A German joke is no laughing matter.

...nothing so liberalizes a man and expands the kindly instincts that nature put in him as travel and contact with many kinds of people.

If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.

There's always something about your success that displeases even your best friends.

The trouble with most of us is that we know too much that ain't so.

I never write "metropolis" for seven cents when I can write "city" and get paid the same.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.