If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.

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.

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.