The three most important events of human life are equally devoid of reason: birth, marriage and death.

The hardest fact in the world to accept is the inevitable mixture of evil with good in all things.

We should thank God that He did not give us the power of hearing through walls; otherwise there would be no such thing as friendship.

Some folks never handle the truth without scratching it.

In levying taxes and in shearing sheep, it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.

The living have their eyes opened by closing the eyes of the dead.

Civilization is the world with its leg asleep.