A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.

A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.

A slander is like a hornet; if you can't kill it dead the first time, better not strike at it.

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.