There never yet was a mother who taught her child to be an infidel.

Marrying a woman for her money is very much like setting a rat-trap, and baiting it with your own finger.

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

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

Biography is the best form of history.