Anger is the resentment of the animal, and gentle blood alone makes the gentleman.

The wisest and best are repulsive, if they are characterized by repulsive manners. Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little, and has great purchasing power.

Wherever comes man comes tragedy and comedy also.

Genius--the free and harmonious play of all the faculties of a human being.

Easy come, easy go... "Achieve-everything-while-doing-nothing" schemes don't work, they are just not logical

Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.

Egotists cannot converse, they talk to themselves only.