I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm.

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.

There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I will never put my hand in your pockets

I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice; therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.

I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.

It ain't over 'til it's over.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it.

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.