Man - a figment of God's imagination.
We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped with the first thing we ever invented, which was human liberty.
Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do day after tomorrow just as well.
Begin with the determination to succeed and the work is half done already.
Well enough for old folks to rise early, because they have done so many mean things all their lives they can't sleep anyhow.