A woman who wants a charitable heart wants a pure mind.

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

Life ain't all beer and skittles.

Punctuality is the soul of business.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

Mules and human jackasses are proverbially stubborn.

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts the lover afore words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first-born baby, and assures him of a mother's love.

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

The bee, though it finds every rose has a thorn, comes back loaded with honey from his rambles; and why should not other tourists do the same?

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.

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

You cannot change a man . . . you can only change yourself.

..balancing time you spend with or without people is crucial for mental health.

I am not primarily an entrepreneurial businessman. I'm primarily a playboy philosopher.

Good thing he's dead," Lula said, "or that would have hurt like the devil.

Beneath the stains of time the feeling disappears, you are someone else I am still right here.

I might not be a good socialist, any more than I'm a good Christian, but I am one.

In a way, the characters often do take over.

A gentleman doesn't pounce he glides. If a woman sits on a piece of furniture which permits your sitting beside her, you are free to regard this as an invitation, though not an unequivocal one.

Mr. Speaker. I said the honorable member was a liar it is true and I am sorry for it. The honorable member may place the punctuation where he pleases.

I would never write about anyone who is not at the end of his rope.