Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know. |
Providence protects children and idiots. I know because I have tested it. |
Public opinion is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God. |
Public servant: Persons chosen by the people to distribute the graft |
Put all your eggs in the one basket and -- Watch That Basket. |
Quitting smoking is easy. I've done it a thousand times. |
Rail-splitting produced an unparalleled president in Lincoln. But gold hasn't produced even a good A-1 congressman. |
Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great. |
Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain |
Remember the poor - it costs nothing |
Remember the Titans. |
Repartee is something we think of twenty-four hours too late. |
Reputation is a hall-mark: it can remove doubt from pure silver, and it can also make the plated article pass for pure. |
Richard Wagner: A composer whose music is better than it sounds |
Rise early. It is the early bird that catches the worm. Don't be fooled by this absurd saw; I once knew a man who tried it. He got up at sunrise and a horse bit him. |