Rather than earn money, it was Thoreau's idea to reduce his wants so that he would not need to buy anything. As he went around preaching this ingenious idea, the shopkeepers of Concord hoped he would drop dead.

Some golfers blast their ball from traps, With one adroit explosion, But others, out in ten perhaps, Depend upon erosion.

Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people.

I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone.

If I ever make a hole in one, A thrill that I've never known, I won't be believed and I'll have no fun, For I'm sure to be playing alone.

There are very few humorists who have written first-rate humor after they've become elderly.

A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread.