The life of a wise man is most of all extemporaneous, for he lives out of an eternity which includes all time.

Wealth is measured by the level of experience in all aspects of life

When the true criminals are running around free, the only honorable place for a decent human being is in prisons.

Men will tell you sometimes that "money's hard." That shows it was not made to eat, I say.... Some of those who sank with the steamer the other day found out that money was heavy too.

What is sour in the house a bracing walk in the woods makes sweet.

All that are printed and bound are not books; they do not necessarily belong to letters, but are oftener to be ranked with the other luxuries and appendages of civilized life. Base wares are palmed off under a thousand disguises.

I have a room all to myself; it is nature.