It is the first duty of every man not to be poor.

Whenever I see the word Operation, especially Trifling Operation, I at once write off the patient as dead.

When a man of normal habits is ill, everyone hastens to assure him that he is going to recover. When a vegetarian is ill (which fortunately very seldom happens), everyone assures him that he is going to die, and that they told him so, and that it serves him right. They implore him to take at least a little gravy, so as to give himself a chance of lasting out the night

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

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

I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.