From his cradle to his grave a man never does a single thing which has any FIRST AND FOREMOST object but one -- to secure peace of mind, spiritual comfort, for HIMSELF.

Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size.

When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.

It is curious and interesting to notice what an attraction a fussy, mincing, nickel-plated word has for you.

Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.

I have been on the verge of being an angel all my life, but it's never happened yet.

Architects cannot teach nature anything.