The laws of Nature take precedence of all human laws. The purpose of all human laws is one - to defeat the laws of Nature. This is the case among all the nations, both civilized and savage. It is a grotesquerie, but when the human race is not grotesque it is because it is asleep and losing its opportunity.

As a rule, we go about with masks, we go about looking honest, and we are able to conceal ourselves all through the day.

Humor is the good natured side of a truth.

God pours out love upon all with a lavish hand -- but He reserves vengeance for His very own.

Never run after you own hat - others will be delighted to do it; why spoil their fun?

What is the most rigorous law of our being? Growth. No smallest atom of our moral, mental, or physical structure can stand still a year. It grows - it must grow; nothing can prevent it.

Optimist: Person who travels on nothing from nowhere to happiness.