When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have.
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool.
Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.
Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.
If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.
I express many absurd opinions, but I am not the first man to do it american freedom consists largely in talking nonsense.
Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.
Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
Some men storm imaginary alps all their lives and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
Express a mean opinion of yourself occasionally; it will show your friends that you know how to tell the truth.
No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.
When I am idle and shiftless, my affairs become confused; when I work, I get results ... Not great results, but enough to encourage me.
Probably no man ever had a friend he did not dislike a little; we are all so constituted by nature that no one can possibly entirely approve of us.
Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go; while you may enjoy the flowers, you may not eat them.
Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.
No one can help you in holding a good job except old man you.
There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.
People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.
A loafer never works except when there is a fire; then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.
Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable, and often impossible.
If you knew how cowardly your enemy is, you would slap him. Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice in the enemy.
Some men storm imaginary alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
A reasonable probability is the only certainty.
If you knew how cowardly your enemy is, you would slap him.
Bravery is the knowledge of the cowardice in the enemy.
