Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical reply that we read more

Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true and incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.

The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.

The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

The best throw with the dice is to throw them away.

The best throw with the dice is to throw them away.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a read more

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong -- but that's the way to read more

The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong -- but that's the way to bet it.

Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich -- something for nothing.

Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich -- something for nothing.

It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't know where your going to read more

It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't know where your going to end up the next day. It could work out good or it could be disastrous. It's like the throw of the dice.

In gambling the many must lose in order that the few may win

In gambling the many must lose in order that the few may win