Don Marquis

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates. ”

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness. ”

Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them. ”

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. ”

I would rather start a family than finish one. ”

One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream. ”

In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going. ”

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing. ”

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles. ”

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough. ”