He that is conscious of a stink in his breeches is [suspicious] of every wrinkle in another's nose.

If we can sleep without dreaming, it is well that painful dreams are avoided. If, while we sleep, we can have any pleasing dreams, it is as the French say, tant gagne, so much added to the pleasure of life.

Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.

You cannot always run from a weakness. You must sometime fight it out or perish.

Mankind naturally and generally love to be flatter'd.

As we benefit from the inventions of others, we should be glad to share our own ... freely and gladly.

When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one, then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and cancelling them out, one against the other, I take the course indicated by what remains.