There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.

Happiness ain't a thing in itself - it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant.

Don't explain your author, read him right and he explains himself.

To succeed in the other trades, capacity must be shown; in the law, concealment of it will do.

The fear of lightning is one of the most distressing infirmities a human being can be afflicted with. It is mostly confined to women, but now and then you find it in a little dog, and sometimes a man.

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.