The memory of past favors is like a rainbow, bright, vivid, and beautiful; but it soon fades away. The in memory of injuries is engraved on the heart, and remains forever.

Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.

A brave man is sometimes a desperado: a bully is always a coward.

Fun has no limits. It is like the human race and face; there is a family likeness among all the species, but they all differ.

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend, not the man for your banker, though he may do for a traveling companion.

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance of the other in not knowing what he does.

Favoritism manifests itself in all departments of government, public and private. It is the harder to avoid, because it is so natural.