what man calls civilizationalways results in desertsman is never on the squarehe uses up the fat and greenery of the eartheach generation wastes a little moreof the future with greed and lust for riches

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.

Insects have their own point of view about civilization a man thinks he amounts to a great deal but to a flea or a mosquito a human being is merely something good to eat.

It is a cheering thought to think that God is on the side of the best digestion.

A certain alloy of expediency improves the gold of morality and makes it wear all the longer.