I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence, but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Humans are not proud of their ancestors and rarely invite them round to dinner.

People of age object too much consult too long adventure too little repent too soon and seldom drive business home to it's conclusion but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

Riches are for spending.

A man's nature runs either to herbs or to weeds, therefore let him seasonably water the one and destroy the other.

A man should look for what is and not for what he thinks should be.

All that one gains by falsehood is not to be believed when he speaks the truth.

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

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