Some people have a perfect genius for doing nothing, and doing it assiduously.

People have no right to make fools of themselves, unless they have no relations to blush for them.

Give me a chance, says Stupid, and I will show you. Ten to one he has had his chance already, and neglected it.

Fun has no limits. It is like the human race and face; there is a family likeness among all the species, but they all differ.

A brave man is sometimes a desperado: a bully is always a coward.

Death and taxes are inevitable.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.