In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

A banker is somebody who lends you an umbrella & takes it away as soon as it starts raining.

If we learned to walk and talk the way we learn to read and write, everyone would limp and stutter.

The solution to our water problems is more rain.

A great, great deal has been said about the weather, but very little has ever been done.

Every one knew he could foretell wars and famines, though that was not so hard, for there was always a war, and generally a famine somewhere.

Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain.