Metaphysics is the science of proving what we don't understand.
I do not know of a better cure for sorrow than to pity somebody else.
There is only one good substitute for the endearments of a sister, and that is the endearments of some other fellow's sister.
Admiration is a youthful fancy will which scarcely ever survives to mature years.
Rumor is like bees; the more you fight them the more you don't get rid of them.
Stupidity,--unconscious ignorance.