A man never becomes an orator if he has anything to say.

It is more comfortable to feel that we are a slight improvement on a monkey than such a fallin' off from the angels.

Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed by the facts.

One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it.

Histhry is a post-mortem examination. It tellsye what a counthry died iv. But I'd like to know what it lived iv.

Freedom is like drink. If you take any at all, you might as well take enough to make you happy for a while.

Meditation is a gift confined to unknown philosophers and cows. Others don't begin to think till they begin to talk or write.