I have heard that a man might be his own lawyer, but you can't be your own judge.

it's better to be crazy on one point and happy, than sane on all points and unhappy.

gossip, after it reaches a certain point of insult and falsehood, becomes a source of amusement to its victims.

I have no faith in a human critter who hasn't one or two bad habits.

Every new truth begins in a shocking heresy.

a great moment raises most of the people who experience it, to its own level; and that is why they do not always recognize its greatness - or their own.

men love their wives not because of their virtues, but in spite of them.