Biography is the best form of history.

A slander is like a hornet; if you cannot kill it dead at the first blow, better not to strike at it.

Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.

Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.

Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job.