To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.
Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.
Having imagination, it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that, if you were unimaginative, would take you only a minute. Or you might not write the paragraph at all.
In the order named, these are the hardest to control: Wine, Women, and Song.
Accustomed as I am to public speaking, I know the futility of it.
You do not know what you can miss before you try.
The best bet you get is an even break.
When a man you like switches from what he said a year ago, or 4 years ago, he is a broad-minded person who has courage enough to change his mind with changing conditions. When a man you don’t like does it, he is a liar who has broken his promises.
Remember how excited you were when you turned five years old. Today, you should be 10 times that excited. Happy 50th birthday!
Christmas is over and Business is Business.
An extravagance is something you buy which is no earthly use to your wife.
Ninety-two percent of the stuff told you in confidence you couldn’t get anyone else to listen to.
Too much truth is uncouth.
Count the day won, when the earth, turning on its axis, imposes no additional taxes.
When the political columnists say ‘Every thinking man’ they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to ‘Every intelligent voter’ they mean everybody who is going to vote for them.
Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.
Nobody can write such ironic things unless he has a deep sense of injustice-injustice to those members of the race who are victims of the stupid, the pretentious and the hypocritical.