George Dennison Prentice Quotes & Sayings

There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues. — George Dennison Prentice

A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth. — George Dennison Prentice

A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him. — 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

When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it's pretty certain that she has his. — 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

Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it. — George Dennison Prentice

Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine. — 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

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 pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point. — George Dennison Prentice