A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.

People get tired of everything, and of nothing sooner than of what they most like.

Only Lawyers and mental defectives are automatically exempt for jury duty.

I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to find that men of ordinary capacity can learn Sanskrit in less time that it takes me to buy a German Dictionary

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

The most sublime courage I have ever witnessed has been among that class too poor to know they possessed it, and too humble for the world to discover it.

It is not that I am so clever; it is that everyone else is so stupid.