The introduction of homeopathy forced the old school doctor to stir around and learn something of a rational nature about his business. You may honestly feel grateful that homeopathy survived the attempts of the allopaths to destroy it.

I should be sorry to think it was the publishers themselves they got up this entire little flutter to enable them to unload a book that was taking too much room in their cellars, but you can never tell what a publisher will do. I have been one myself.

Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them season.

My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.

Additional problems are the offspring of poor solutions.

A Patriot is someone who stands for his country always, and for his government when it is deserved.

Only laughter can blow [a colossal humbug] to rags and atoms at a blast. Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.