Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.

It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.

Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody's under the frightful necessity of becoming, first a thief, and then a corpse.

No more like together than is chalke to coles.

Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.

Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.

It's wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that you can add to someone else's enjoyment is an act of humanity by which you always gain more than you lose.