There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
— Kin Hubbard
If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.
Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count.
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
It used to be that a fellow went on the police force when everything else failed, but today he goes in the advertising game.
The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.
Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
It isn't enough for you to love money - it's also necessary that money should love you.
Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.
It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt.
We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate.
When a fellow says, 'It ain't the money but the principle of the thing,' it's the money.
The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.
Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.
