Logan P. Smith

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?

The old know what they want the young are sad and bewildered.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.