Time can be such a menace to a man. By this age do that; by that age do better.

If a man spends enough time in a library, he may actually change his mind. I have seen it happen.

The trick in foraging for a tooth lost in coffee grounds is not to be misled by the clumps. The only way to be sure is to rub each clump between your thumb and index finger, which makes a mess of your hands.

Anytime you make a person into something other than himself, you make a monster.

Uncle Scrooge preferred to let the poor die "and decrease the surplus population." Scrooge may not have had God on his side, but his arithmetic was impeccable.

The God worth worshipping is the one who pays us the compliment of self - regulation, and we might return it by minding our own business.

There is nothing like a man for bringing out the animal in an animal.