...many foolish persons, wanderers from other parts, have the vain fashion of graving their names and the obscure places whence they come, upon its stones, which is silly and marketh the doer for a fool.

Seasickness: at first you are so sick you are afraid you will die, and then you are so sick you are afraid you won't die.

I think that the reason why we Americans seem to be so addicted to trying to get rich suddenly is merely because the opportunity to make promising efforts in that direction has offered itself to us with a frequency out of all proportion to the European experience.

Unused talents gives you no advantage over someone who has no talent at all.

The Mississippi River will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise.

The introduction of homeopathy forced the old school doctor to stir around and learn something of a rational nature about his business. You may honestly feel grateful that homeopathy survived the attempts of the allopaths to destroy it.

The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and a seal.