There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

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Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has...

There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has...

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't?

A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't?

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to...

Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to...

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors....

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors....

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's...

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's...

Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets...

Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets...

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we...

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we...

A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't?

A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't?

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they...

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they...

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an...

The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an...