A reasonable probability is the only certainty.
A woman does not spend all her time in buying things; she spends part of it in taking them back.
Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.
The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.
Nothing tires a man more than to be grateful all the time.
There is no such thing as a convincing argument, although every man thinks he has one.
Put cream and sugar on a fly and it tastes very much like a raspberry.
People never have confidence in a Big Talker. They know his statements must be cut down, but they can never tell how much.
When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time.
There is no get-rich-quick scheme equal to a poor girl marrying a rich man.
Nothing is wonderful when you get used to it.
The man who insists he as good as anybody, believes he is better.
Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go; while you may enjoy the flowers, you may not eat them.
No wonder the teacher knows so much; she has the book.
The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away.
I have long been disposed to judge men by their average. If it is reasonably high, I am charitable with faults that look pretty black.
It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense.
Youth is about the only thing worth having, and that is about the only thing youth has.
Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.
A religion that never suffices to govern a man will never suffice to save him; that which does not sufficiently distinguish one from a wicked world will never distinguish him from a perishing world.
I declare my belief that it is not your duty to do anything that is not to your own interest. Whenever it is unquestionably your duty to do a thing, then it will benefit you to perform that duty.
There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.
Love affairs have always greatly interested me, but I do not greatly care for them in books or moving pictures. In a love affair, I wish to be the hero, with no audience present.
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