Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference.

If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, "You Only Live Once."

Much as a teacher may wince at the thought, he is also an entertainer—for unless he can hold his audience, he cannot really instruct or edify them.

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.

You may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a realist he is preparing to do something that he is secretly ashamed of doing.

More trouble is caused in this world by indiscreet answers than by indiscreet questions.

People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault.