Nearly every lawsuit is an insult to the intelligence of both plaintiff and defendant.

The man who insists he as good as anybody, believes he is better.

The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in

How good we all are, in theory, to the old; and how in fact we wish them to wander off like old dogs, die without bothering us, and bury themselves.

Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.

Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.