Nothing incites to money-crimes like great poverty or great wealth.

Does the human being reason? No; he thinks, muses, reflects, but does not reason...that is, in the two things which are the peculiar domain of the heart, not the mind, politics and religion. He doesn't want to know the other side. He wants arguments and statistics for his own side, and nothing more.

If it is a Miracle, any sort of evidence will answer, but if it is a Fact, proof is necessary

I haven't a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever.

He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue.

The good Lord didn't create anything without a purpose, but the fly comes close.

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.