No evil is insupportable but that which is accompanied with consciousness of wrong.

The man who feels himself ignorant should, at least, be modest.

In bed we laugh, in bed we cry, and born in bed, in bed we die; the near approach a bed may show of human bliss to human woe.

Prejudice is a great time-saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts. Prejudice not being founded on reason cannot be removed by argument.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

The love of fame is a passion natural and universal, which no man, however high or mean, however wise or ignorant, was yet able to despise.

He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.