Everyone hates a martyr; it's no wonder martyrs were burned at the stake.
There is no get-rich-quick scheme equal to a poor girl marrying a rich man.
American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense.
If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
I declare my belief that it is not your duty to do anything that is not to your own interest. Whenever it is unquestionably your duty to do a thing, then it will benefit you to perform that duty.
When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.