Suicide is cheating the doctor out of job.

Waves are inspiring not because they rise and fail, but because each time they fall. They never fail to rise again.

Titles are valuable; they make us acquainted with many persons who otherwise would be lost among the rubbish.

Where religion is a trade, morality is a merchandise.

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

Pedantry is paraded knowledge.

A slander is like a hornet; if you cannot kill it dead at the first blow, better not to strike at it.