He is greatest who is most often in men's good thoughts.

It is death, and not what comes after death, that men are generally afraid of.

In practice it is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is sometimes extremely difficult to find this out.

There should be asylums for habitual teetotalers, but they would probably relapse into teetotalism as soon as they got out.

Brigands will demand your money or your life, but a woman will demand both

It seems to be the fate of man to seek all his consolations in futurity. The time present is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and we are forced to supply its deficiencies by recollection or anticipation.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.