Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.

Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.

Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

Live every day as your last, because one of these days, it will be.

Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone.

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.

We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.

Many a truth is told in jest.

Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.

There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

You cannot reason a person out of something they were not reasoned into.

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.

Me volví loco, con largos intervalos de horrible cordura.

To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.