Ill-nature is a sort of running sore of the disposition.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

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

It's not what we don't know that prevents us from succeeding; it's what we know that just ain't so that is our greatest obstacle.

There are people so addicted to exaggeration that they actually can't tell the truth without lying.

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

Never run into debt, not if you can find anything else to run into.