The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.