A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. – Don Marquis
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
I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. – Don Marquis
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race. – Don Marquis