If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principle difference between a dog and a man. This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow. Oscar Wilde I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is two weeks. Totie Fields You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.