Human happiness konsists in having what yu want, and wanting what yu have.

Men who have much to say use the fewest words.

Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if there wasn't anything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of a success than an angleworm is

Admiration is a youthful fancy will which scarcely ever survives to mature years.

Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled.

Put an Englishman into the garden of Eden, and he would find fault with the whole blasted concern; put a Yankee in, and he would see where he could alter it to advantage; put an Irishman in, and he would want to boss the thing; put a Dutchman in, and he would proceed to plant it.

As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.