Nothing agrees with me. If I drink coffee, it gives me dyspepsia; if I drink wine, it gives me the gout; if I go to church, it gives me dysentery.

Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

And what is a man without energy? Nothing - nothing at all.

Conscience, man's moral medicine chest.

The miracle or the power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance under the promptings of a brave, determined spirit.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.

Geological time is not money.