I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.

The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom spun too fine.

An old man in a house is a good sign.

A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cook's Shop.

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.

Kings have long arms, but Misfortune longer: let none think themselves out of her reach.

I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.