Heaven, as conventionally conceived, is a place so inane, so dull, so useless, so miserable that nobody has ever ventured to describe a whole day in heaven, though plenty of people have described a day at the seaside.

What is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.

Fashions are the only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen.

A serious illness or a death advertises the doctor exactly as a hanging advertises the barrister who defended the person hanged.

There is nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as a school.

Brigham Young lived to become immortal in history as an American Moses by leading his people through the wilderness into an unpromised land.

If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it.