Many a man has been dined out of his religion, and his politics, and his manhood, almost.

A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

Men will let you abuse them if only you will make them laugh.

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.

Let parents who hate their offspring rear them to hate labor, and to inherit riches; and before long they will be stung by every vice, racked by its poison, and damned by its penalty.