Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily.

The less respect an older person deserves the more certain he is to demand it from anyone younger.

When railroading time comes you can railroad—but not before.

Never own more than you can carry in both hands at a dead run.

Some people insist that "mediocre" is better than "best." They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

Men are more sentimental than women. It blurs their thinking.