Our continual desire for praise ought to convince us of our mortality, if nothing else will.

Shame is the dying embers of virtue.

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

The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

Man is my brother, and I am nearer related to him through his vices than I am through his virtue.

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.