American writer, humorist and essayist
Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.
George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.
How lucky Adam was. He knew when he said a good thing, nobody had said it before.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.