Show me a thoroughly contented person, and I will show you a useless one.
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.
Ignorance is the wet-nurse of prejudice.
It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.
Early genius, like early cabbage, does not head well.
Habits are like the wrinkles on a man's brow; if you will smooth out the one, I will smooth out the other.