Every man's religion is his own, and nobody else's business.
As soon as a woman begins to dress "loud," her manners and conversation partake of the same element.
A brave man is sometimes a desperado: a bully is always a coward.
Loud-dressing men and women have also loud characters.
Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.
Women forgive injuries, but never forget slights.
Favoritism manifests itself in all departments of government, public and private. It is the harder to avoid, because it is so natural.
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.
When a man is wrong and won't admit is, he always gets angry.
There is nothing like fun, is there? I haven't any myself, but I do like it in others.
Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend, not the man for your banker, though he may do for a traveling companion.
Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.