None are so busy as the fool and knave.
We bear the world and we make it... There was never a great man who had not a great mother - it is hardly an exaggeration.
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.
We cannot deny the facts of nature, but we should certainly try to improve on them.
Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.