I wish I loved the Human Race; I wish I loved its silly face; I wish I liked the way it walks; I wish I liked the way it talks; And when I'm introduced to one I wish I thought What Jolly Fun!

Above all things, be not made an ass to carry the burdens of other men if any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou has to spare if he presses thee further, he is not thy friend at all.

The world is itself but a larger prison, out of which some are daily selected for execution.

Oh, doughty sons of Hungary! May all success Attend and bless Your warlike ironmongery!

God is absolutely good; and so, assuredly, the cause of all that is good.

Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which, perchance, will never last nor please thee one year; and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all.

This is a sharp medicine, but it is a physician for all diseases and miseries.