A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.

Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.

I detest life-insurance agents; they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more Ihave of it.

If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I c ...

It may be those who do most, dream most.

Lord Ronald said nothing; he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.

Many a man in love with a dimple makes a mistake of marrying the whole girl.

Marriage is a lottery, but you can't tear up your ticket if you lose.

Newspapermen learn to call a murderer 'an alleged murderer' and the King of England 'the alleged King of England' to avoid libel suits.