I hate paying taxes. But I love the civilization they give me

People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'.

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.

A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.

I firmly believe that if the whole material medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be better for mankind-and all the worse for the fishes.