There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

If mankind were only just what they pretend to be, the problem of the millennium would be immediately solved.

Experience is a grindstone; and it is lucky for us, if we can get brightened by it, and not ground.

Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer.

If you do not know how to lie, cheat, and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn.

I am a poor man, but I have this consolation: I am poor by accident, not by design.

One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.