Good judgment comes from experience. And where does experience come from? Experience comes from bad judgment.

Therein lies the defect of revenge: it's all in the anticipation; the thing itself is a pain, not a pleasure; at least the pain is the biggest end of it.

It is easy to make plans in this world; even a cat can do it; and when one is out in those remote oceans it is noticeable that a cat's plans and a man's are worth about the same. There is much the same shrinkage in both, in the matter of values.

Indeed, none but the Deity can tell what is good luck and what is bad before the returns are all in.

Let your secret sympathies and your compassion be always with the under dog in the fight -- this is magnanimity; but bet on the other one -- this is business.

The only people who should use the possessive 'we' are kings, newspaper editors, and persons with tapeworms.

We take a natural interest in novelties, but it is against nature to take an interest in familiar things.