A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

God and the Devil are an effort after specialisation and division of labour.

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.