“There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us.” — Don Marquis

“The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.” — Don Marquis

“The sort of man who brags about his ancestors is never bragged about by his descendants.” — Don Marquis

“The people who have willpower enough to quit their vices don’t seem to have so many vices to quit.” — Don Marquis

“The most pleasant and useful persons are those who leave some of the problems of the universe for God to worry about.” — Don Marquis

“The humorist is a philosopher who breaks the sad news gently because he is so sorry for the world.” — Don Marquis

“The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.” — Don Marquis

“The bees got their governmental system settled millions of years ago, but the human race is still groping.” — Archy

“The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an epigram.” — Don Marquis

“That stern and rockbound coast felt like an amateur when it saw how grim the puritans that landed on it were.” — Archy