40 Quotes by George D. Prentice

A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.

Many a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can’t understand his own meaning.

A friend you have to buy won’t be worth what you pay for him.

In New York City, the common bats fly only at twilight. Brick-bats fly at all hours.

If you woo the company of the angels in your waking hours, they will be sure to come to you in your sleep.

Those who think that in order to dress well it is necessary to dress extravagantly or grandly, make a great mistake. Nothing so well becomes true feminine beauty as simplicity.

Prejudice is the twin of illiberality.

A great many political speeches are literary parricides; they kill their fathers.

One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession.