We should make virtue our master, not our servant.

Poverty is the step-mother of genius.

When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.

The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout.

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.

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

Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since.