By the time I'd grown up, I naturally supposed that I'd be grown up.
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.
There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
...happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.