What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven’t and don’t.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it’s more dangerous to lose than to win.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.