I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.

The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.

Nine-tenths of all existing books are nonsense.

Life is too short to be little.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

I do not understand how an aristocracy can exist, unless it be distinguished by some quality which no other class of the community possesses.

Generally speaking, among sensible persons, it would seem that a rich man deems that friend a sincere one who does not want to borrow his money; while, among the less favored with fortune's gifts, the sincere friend is generally esteemed to be the individual who is ready to lend it.