Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.

Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.