Hunger can explain many acts. It can be said that all vile acts are done to satisfy hunger.

Silence is terrible and painful only to those who have said all and have nothing more to speak of; but to those who never had anything to say— to them silence is simple and easy.

Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.

A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.

Even a bad man is better than a good book.

When a woman gets married it is like jumping into a hole in the ice in the middle of winter: you do it once and you remember it the rest of your days.

One has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty.