Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles.

A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country.

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child’s parent or grandparent.