High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of those fine arts.

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

That is, no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns.

It must be a good thing to be good or ivrybody wudden't be pretendin' he was.

Work is work if you're paid to do it, and it's a pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it.

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

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