On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it.

Taxes are what we pay for civilized society

Life, not the parson, teaches conduct.

The noblest service comes from nameless hands; and the best servant does his work unseen.

The difference between gossip and philosophy lies only in one's way of taking a fact.

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

Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith.