One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.
Genuine laughing is the vent of the soul, the nostrils of the heart, and just as necessary for health and happiness as spring water is for a trout.
Good nonsense is good sense in disguise.
If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.
Ignorance is the wet-nurse of prejudice.
The fools in this world make about as much trouble as the wicked do.