To play billiards well is the sign of a misspent youth.

The chief arguments that are urged against an established religion, may be used with equal force against an established charity. The dissenter submits, that no party has a right to compel him to contribute to the support of doctrines, which do not meet his approbation. The rate-payer may as reasonably argue, that no one is justified in forcing him to subscribe towards the maintenance of persons, whom he does not consider deserving of relief.

Agnostics are people who, like myself, confess themselves to be hopelessly ignorant concerning a variety of matters, about which metaphysicians and theologians, both orthodox and heterodox, dogmatize with the utmost confidence.

Of all the knowledge, that most worth having is knowledge about health! The first requisite of a good life is to be a healthy person.

Much dearer be the things which come through hard distress.

No philosopher's stone of a constitution can produce golden conduct from leaden instincts.

In societies of low civilization, there is no money.