The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.

Trouble makes us one with every human being in the world - and unless we touch others, we're out of touch with life.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse.