Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.