Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to repeat himself, not because he has little to say, but because he wants applause and the old stuff gets it.
Most of us expect too much from others and not enough from ourselves.
Everybody knows how to utter a complaint, but few can express a graceful compliment.
Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.
Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.
A peculiarity of capital is that it cannot be employed productively without benefiting the community in which it is used.