Enthusiasm is caught, not taught.

When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded how much he had learned in the last seven years.

Genius has no youth, but starts with the ripeness of age and old experience.

I have only one moral precept; never smoke more than five cigars at a time.

I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

They do say that when a man starts down hill everybody is ready to help him with a kick, and I suppose it is so.

I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.