He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.
Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.
My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.