A good musical comedy consists largely of disorderly conduct occassionally interrupted by talk.
One man's poison ivy is another man's spinach.
Familiarity breeds contentment.
Every man is the architect of his own fortunes, but the neighbors superintend the construction.
In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment.
A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words.
The only literary men are those who have to work at it.
Opportunity knocks once at every man's door and then keeps on knocking.
Always interline a contract before signing it, merely to impress the Party of the First Part. The one who puts his signature to Articles of Agreement drawn up by the other fellow is establishing a dangerous precedent.
Never pretend to have money except when you are in straits. The poor man who pretends to have a bank account betters his credit and takes no risk. But the prosperous individual who counts his money in the street, forthwith will be invited to attend a charity bazaar.