The very thing that men think they have got the most of, they have got the least of; and that is judgment.

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.

Clothes form the intellect of the dandy.

My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.

Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

We have some writers so abstruse and deep that they drown themselves in their fathomless sentences.

I don't never have any trouble in regulating my own conduct, but to keep other folks' straight is what bothers me.