40 Quotes by George D. Prentice

The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a great deal more easily than he can other people.

Our material possessions, like our joys, are enhanced in value by being shared. Hoarded and unimproved property can only afford satisfaction to a miser.

It is, perhaps, a debatable question, whether a person who has always been notoriously in the habit of lying, has a right to tell the truth; it is, of course, the only device by which he can deceive people.

Some men give as little light in the world as a farthing tallow candle, and when they expire, leave as bad an odor behind them.

Some things are better eschewed than chewed; tobacco is one of them.

A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point.

A good many men and women want to get possession of secrets just as spendthrifts want to get money-for circulation.

Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point.

A man bitten by a dog, whether the animal is mad or not, is apt to get mad himself.