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

Wisdom that don't make us happier ain't worth plowing for.

Take the humbug out of this world, and you haven't much left to do business with.

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

Morally considered, laughter is next to the Ten Commandments.

Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.

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