It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.

Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if there wasn't anything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of a success than an angleworm is

Too many individuals are like Shakespeare's definition of "echo,"--babbling gossips of the air.

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

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.

Fortune is like a coquette; if you don't run after her, she will run after you.

I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion than he did of mine.