The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.

True wisdom is plenty of experience, observation, and reflection. False wisdom is plenty of ignorance, arrogance, and impudence.

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

Fools carry their daggers in their open mouths.

Method is the arithmetic of success.

What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul I suppose this depends somewhat upon the size of the soul. I think there are cases where the trade would do.

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.