There is a great deal of trouble in this world which is not caused by people keeping their mouths shut.

Death is the advertisement, at the end of an autobiography, wherein people discover its virtues.

A letter has distinct advantages. You can say all you want to say before the other person has a chance to put in a word.

Before, you think of it as a permanent bond of happiness; later, you see that it is a yoke, borne unequally. You marry to keep love, but sometimes that is the surest way to lose it.

For the size of it, a check book is about the greatest convenience I know of.

If there's anythin' on earth that can be more tryin' than any kind of relative, I don't know what it is, but relatives by marriage comes first - easy.

Money may not be your best friend, but it's the quickest to act, and seems to be favorably recognized in more places than most friends are.