The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.

The most intolerable pain is produced by prolonging the keenest pleasure.

The most popular method of distributing wealth is the method of the roulette table.

The most revolutionary invention of the XIX century was the artificial sterilization of marriage.

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.

The North American Indian was a type of the sportsman warrior gentleman. The Periclean Athenian was a type of the intellectually and artistically cultivated gentleman. Both were political failures. The modern gentleman, without the hardihood of the one or the culture of the other, has the appetite of both put together. He will not succeed where they failed.

The notion that the colonel need be a better man than the private is as confused as the notion that the keystone need be stronger than the coping stone.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

The perfect servant, when his master makes humane advances to him, feels that his existence is threatened, and hastens to change his place.