Whoever sincerely believes that elevated and distant goals are as little use to man as a cow, that "all of our problems" come fromsuch goals, is left to eat, drink, sleep, or, when he gets sick of that, to run up to a chest and smash his forehead on its corner.

Write only of what is important and eternal.

Brevity - the sister of talent.

When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured.

I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.

Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.

I promise to be a splendid husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, won't in my sky every day...