When one's character begins to fall under suspicion and disfavor, how swift, then, is the work of disintegration and destruction |
When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself |
When red-haired people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn |
When some men discharge an obligation you can hear the report for miles around |
When the doctrine of allegiance to party can utterly up-end a man's moral constitution and make a temporary fool of him besides, what excuse are you going to offer for preaching it, teaching it, extending it, perpetuating it? Shall you say, the best good of the country demands allegiance to party? Shall you also say it demands that a man kick his truth and his conscience into the gutter, and become a mouthing lunatic, besides? |
When the human race has once acquired a superstition nothing short of death is ever likely to remove it |
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. |
When you are in politics you are in a wasp's nest with a short shirt-tail, as the saying is |
When you cannot get a compliment in any other way pay yourself one. |
When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain |
When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old. |
When your watch gets out of order you have choice of two things to do: throw it in the fire or take it to the watch-tinker. The former is the quickest. |
Whenever the literary German dives into a sentence, that is the last you are going to see of him until he emerges on the other side of his Atlantic with his verb in his mouth. |
Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. |
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. |