Any tax is a discouragement and therefore a regulation so far as it goes.

It is perfectly easy to be original by violating the laws of decency and the canons of good taste.

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.

If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.

There are three natural anaesthetics: Sleep, fainting, and death.

Poverty comes pleading not for charity, for the most part, but imploring us to find a purchaser for its unmarketable wares.

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.