A sincere compliment is always grateful to a lady, so long as you don't try to knock her down with it.

There is nothing so annoying as to have two people talking when you're busy interrupting.

Laughter without a tinge of philosophy is but a sneeze of humor. Genuine humor is replete with wisdom.

Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Gold in its native state is but dull, unornamental stuff, and only lowborn metals excite the admiration of the ignorant with an ostentatious glitter. However, like the rest of the world, I still go on underrating men of gold and glorifying men of mica.

When congress is in session no American is safe.