A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.
We are at best but stewards of what we falsely call our own; yet avarice is so insatiable that it is not in the power of liberality to content it.
Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen that is the common right of humanity.