"If it were natural for father to care for their sons, they would not need so many laws commanding them to do so."

"It is fatal to be right when the rest of the world is wrong."

"One of the weaknesses of our age is our apparent inability to distinguish our need from our greed."

"People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which what they are not."

"The important thing when you are going to do something brave is to have someone on hand to witness it."

"He who thinks by the inch and talks by the yard deserves to be kicked by the foot."

"When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get them, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either."

"If you are complaining about life, it is because you are thinking only about yourself."

"The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well."

"The only way to succeed is to make people hate you."

"If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?"

"If men saw that a term was set to their troubles, they would find strength in some way to withstand the hocus-pocus and intimidations of the prophets."