Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a mans hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them. – Don Marquis
Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates. – Don Marquis
We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with. – Don Marquis
The goal of all civilization, all religious thought, and all that sort of thing is simply to have a good time. But man gets so solemn over the process that he forgets the end. – Don Marquis