Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

God Almighty never created a man half as wise as he looks.

The hell of these days is the fear of not getting along, especially of not making money.

Great is wisdom; infinite is the value of wisdom. It cannot be exaggerated; it is the highest achievement of man.

The fine arts once divorcing themselves from truth are quite certain to fall mad, if they do not die.

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.

He who talks much about virtue in the abstract, begins to be suspected; it is shrewdly guessed that where there is great preaching there will be little almsgiving.