I do not know of a better cure for sorrow than to pity somebody else.

Clothes form the intellect of the dandy.

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

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

Habits are like the wrinkles on a man's brow; if you will smooth out the one, I will smooth out the other.

Biography is the best form of history.

Silence is one of the hardest kind of arguments to refute. There is no good substitute for wisdom; but silence is the best that has yet been discovered.