I could never learn to like her, except on a raft at sea with no other provisions in sight.

We can't reach old age by another man's road.

Among other common lies, we have the silent lie - the deception which one conveys by simply keeping still and concealing the truth. Many obstinate truth-mongers indulge in this dissipation, imagining that if they speak no lie, they lie not at all.

What is the chief end of man?-to get rich. In what way?-dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must.

The less a man knows the bigger the noise he makes and the higher the salary he commands.

There is no salvation for us but to adopt Civilization and lift ourselves down to its level.

These are the true and only God, mighty and supreme.