Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

There appears to exist a greater desire to live long than to live well! Measure by man's desires, he cannot live long enough; measure by his good deeds, and he has not lived long enough; measure by his evil deeds, and he has lived too long.

We never read without profit if with the pen or pencil in our hand we mark such ideas as strike us by their novelty, or correct those we already possess.

Contempt is frequently regulated by fashion.

A moral lesson is better expressed in short sayings than in long discourse.

Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself, a knowledge which can only be acquired by occasional retirement.

When ill news comes too late to be serviceable to your neighbor, keep it to yourself.