Agreement

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect

History is a set of lies agreed upon

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest

Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers

I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

If men would consider not so much where they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world

A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy

Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree

When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable

A great man is one that can develop convictions in solitude and carry them out in a crowd.

Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence. Civilization is the subordination of the latter to the former

The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth

There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative

He that deserves nothing should be content with anything

Whether you think you can or think you can't, either way you are right