
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.

I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity.

I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans.

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

A good listener is usually thinking about something else.

It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.

Kindness goes a long way lot of times when it ought to stay at home.

Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.

Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best.

No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.

Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.

There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.

Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.

Where ignorance is bliss it's foolish to borrow your neighbor's newspaper.

Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.

The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store.