Occupation: Novelist Birth: May 3, 1853 Death: October 3, 1937
If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers..
Men are a good deal better collectively than they are individually. Many a man will do that privately which he will denounce in a crowd..
If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has pleā¦.
A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person..
None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married..
There is only one thing for a man to do who is married to a woman who enjoys spending money, and that is to enjoy earning it..
One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money..
Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the conditions as he found them, and not waited until next year for better..
Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.
A thief believes everybody steals..
Good manners do more for a man that good looks..
Every man is a reformer until reform tramps on his toes..
The more wealth a man has, the louder his children talk..
The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in.
The most destructive criticism is indifference..
A man forgets his good luck next day, but remembers his bad luck until next year..
Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him..
When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck..
Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them..
A man has a right to think lots of things he has no right to say..
Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better..