In thousands of years there has been no advance in public morals, in philosophy, in religion or in politics, but the advance in business has been the greatest miracle the world has ever known.
As soon as the people fix one Shame of the World, another turns up.
I have long been disposed to judge men by their average. If it is reasonably high, I am charitable with faults that look pretty black.
It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
When a man once gets a start holding office, it is nearly always necessary to finally choke him off.
Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.
We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us.
Nothing is wonderful when you get used to it.
There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.
We must be truthful and fair in the ordinary affairs of life before we can be truthful and fair in patriotism and religion.
Love affairs have always greatly interested me, but I do not greatly care for them in books or moving pictures. In a love affair, I wish to be the hero, with no audience present.
A really busy person never knows how much he weighs.
So long as we do not blow our brains out, we have decided life is worth living.
A man who will not get scared on some occasions, lacks good sense.
If the fools do not control the world, it isn't because they are not in the majority.
Where the guests at a gathering are well-acquainted, they eat 20 per cent more than they otherwise would.
I declare my belief that it is not your duty to do anything that is not to your own interest. Whenever it is unquestionably your duty to do a thing, then it will benefit you to perform that duty.
There must be some good in the cocktail party to account for its immense vogue among otherwise sane people.
If you go to church, and like the singing better than the preaching, that's not orthodox.
People tolerate those they fear further than those they love.
The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in the world.
When a man asks your advice, he usually tells you just how he expects you to decide.
American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense.
A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country
Youth is about the only thing worth having, and that is about the only thing youth has.
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