To have a full stomach and fixed income are no small things .

The wise way to benefit humanity is to attend to your own affairs, and thus give other people an opportunity to look after theirs.

What people need and what they want may be very different.

Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by time. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate indecision!

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

In a state of nature, the weakest go to the wall; in a state of over-refinement, both the weak and the strong go to the gutter.

Dogma is a lie reiterated and authoritatively injected into the mind of one or more persons who believe that they believe what someone else believes.