In this world truth can wait; she is used to it.

There are some people as obtuse in recognizing an argument as they are in appreciating wit. You couldn't drive it into their heads with a hammer.

Don't buy a single vote more than necessary.

Man owes two solemn debts--one to society, and one to-nature. It is only when he pays the second that he covers the first.

Intemperance is the epitome of every crime, the cause of every kind of misery.

Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.

Etiquette has no regard for moral qualities.