He that fancies himself very enlightened, because he sees the deficiencies of others, may be very ignorant, because he has not studied his own.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Read to live, not live to read.

A man is arrogant in proportion to his ignorance. Man's natural tendency is to egotism. Man, in his infancy of knowledge, thinks that all creation was formed for him.

Jewelry and profuse ornaments are unmistakable evidences of vulgarity.

Society is a long series of uprising ridges, which from the first to the last offer no valley of repose. Whenever you take your stand, you are looked down upon by those above you, and reviled and pelted by those below you. Every creature you see is a farthing Sisyphus, pushing his little stone up some Liliputian mole-hill. This is our world.

Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness.