Don Marquis

An optimist is a man who has never had much experience.

An optimist is a man who has never had much experience.

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

It has been my observation and experience, and that of my family, that nothing human works out well.

It has been my observation and experience, and that of my family, that nothing human works out well.

So unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else.

So unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else.