The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it.
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.
A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.
A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live.
The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.
The necessity of saying something, the embarrassment produced by the consciousness of having nothing to say, and the desire to exhibit ability, are three things sufficient to render even a great man ridiculous.