Public opinion is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God.

Now what I contend is that my body is my own, at least I have always so regarded it. If I do harm through my experimenting with it, it is I who suffer, not the state.

Laughter without a tinge of philosophy is but a sneeze of humor. Genuine humor is replete with wisdom.

The proverb says, "Born lucky, always lucky," and I am very superstitious. As a small boy I was notoriously lucky. It was usual for one or two of our lads (per annum) to get drowned in the Mississippi or in Bear Creek, but I was pulled out in a 2/3 drowned condition 9 times before I learned to swim, and was considered to be a cat in disguise.

It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain.

You aim for the palace and get drowned in the sewer.

Love is not a product of reasonings and statistics. It just comes-none knows whence-and cannot explain itself.