Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man.
We are happier in many ways when we are old than when we were young. The young sow wild oats. The old grow sage.
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
That which builds is better than that which is built.
Our knowledge is the amassed thought and experience of innumerable minds.
My life has been one great big joke, a dance that’s walked a song that’s spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.
Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass.
There are thousands hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined – to strengthen each other – to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
If they had not landed there would be some reason for celebrating the fact.
I never could tell a lie that anybody would doubt, nor a truth that anybody would believe.
Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
Round numbers are always false.
There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man’s notion that he is less savage than the other savages.
The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till grief be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.
It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.
