There is a joy in going without things, a fine tang in eliminating the superfluous.

Morality is the thing upon which your friends smile, and immorality is the thing upon which they frown

Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.

In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.

The worst thing about medicine is that one kind makes another necessary

You had better be a round peg in a square hole than a square peg in a square hole. The latter is in for life, while the first is only an indeterminate sentence.

Do not dump your woes upon people — keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them.