"When women kiss, it always reminds me of prizefighters shaking hands."

"Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike."

"It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why superiority has been accorded in humanity not to the sex that brings forth but to that which kills."

"A bore is a fellow talking who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours."

"It has been my fate, and one's fate one accepts. It's a dreadful thing to have to say, in so wicked a world."

"Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle."

"The heart is wiser than the intellect."

"A soft answer turneth away wrath."

"Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough."

"Character is much easier kept than recovered."