Laughter is supposed to be the best medicine, however, it should never be at the expense of someone?s feelings or ignoring truth.
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.
There ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserating that you got raw deals. You've got to say, 'I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it.'
Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
As I neared her, I bent to help her up, and was nearly knocked over her.