Many a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning.

- George D. Prentice

It is undoubtedly true that some people mistake sycophancy for good nature, but it is equally true that many more mistake impertinence for sincerity.

- George D. Prentice

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain. It can be and is often treasured by the recipient for life.

- George D. Prentice

One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession.

- George D. Prentice

A great many political speeches are literary parricides; they kill their fathers.

- George D. Prentice

We are in favor of tolerance, but it is a very difficult thing to tolerate the intolerant and impossible to tolerate the intolerable.

- George D. Prentice

There is a realm where the rainbow never fades

- George D. Prentice

Some men's ugliness is hard to beat.

- George D. Prentice

It is, perhaps, a debatable question, whether a person who has always been notoriously in the habit of lying, has a right to tell the truth; it is, o…

- George D. Prentice