I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.

Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one.

The weather is like the government, always in the wrong.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes in his own behalf helps to mold the universe.

We drink one another's health and spoil our own.