No one is rich whose expenditures exceed his means, and no one is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings.

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

Hurry is only admissible in catching flies.

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

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts the lover afore words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first-born baby, and assures him of a mother's love.