It strains a man's philosophy the worst kind to laugh when he gets beat.

Most everyone seems willing to be a fool himself, but he can't bear to have anyone else one.

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.

If men were stubborn just in proportion as they were right, stubbornness would take her seat among the virtues; but men are generally stubborn just in proportion as they are ignorant and wrong.

Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.

The highest philosophers, in explaining the mystery of this world, are obliged to call in the aid of another.

Prejudice assumes the garb of reason, but the cheat is too thin.