Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.

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The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.

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A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

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There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

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Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.

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A dollar saved is a quarter earned.

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Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.

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You don't have to suffer to be a poet adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

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A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.

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Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor.

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It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young men of this mealy generation the courage of their confusion.

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Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it

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