If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.

The best cure for Christianity is reading the Bible.

Make your vocation your vacation. That is the secret to success.

Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

Few things are more irritating than when someone who is wrong is also very effective in making his point.

A pessimist is a well-informed optimist.

Most people can't bear to sit in church for an hour on Sundays. How are they supposed to live somewhere very similar to it for eternity?

A little lie can travel half way 'round the world while Truth is still lacing up her boots.

They did not know it was impossible so they did it

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.

The nation is divided, half patriots and half traitors, and no man can tell which from which.

An open mind leaves a chance for someone to drop a worthwhile thought in it.

Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain.