We were surprised how closely the cuckoo imitated the clock-and yet, of course, it could never have heard a clock.

The Moral Sense teaches us what is right, and how to avoid it-when unpopular.

Wine is a clog to the pen, not an inspiration.

We are all beggars, each in his own way.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

It must be well-nigh a maximum of sense to behave so that one escapes being hanged.

Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. It won't fatten the dog.