My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.

The nearest we can come to) perfect happiness is to cheat ourselves with the belief that we have got it.

Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite

Men of genius are like eagles, they live on what they kill, while men of talents are like crows, they live on what has been killed for them.

We are ap tu hate them, who wont take our advice, and despise them who do.

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.

The morning paper is just as necessary for an American as dew is to the grass.