The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a great deal more easily than he can other people. – George Dennison Prentice
A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string. – George Dennison Prentice
Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it. – George Dennison Prentice
When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it’s pretty certain that she has his. – George Dennison Prentice
There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues. – George Dennison Prentice
Some people seem as if they can never have been children, and others seem as if they could never be anything else. – George Dennison Prentice
It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world. – George Dennison Prentice
