The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first.

There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it.

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

Opinions should be formed with great caution, and changed with greater.

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

I never knew a man troubled with melancholy, who had plenty to do, and did it.

Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

Men who have much to say use the fewest words.

The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so.

There is not a whole lot of fun in medicine but there is a whole lot of medicine in fun.

Marrying a woman for her money is very much like setting a rat-trap, and baiting it with your own finger.

The great art of writing is knowing when to stop.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

A learned fool is one who has read everything and simply remembered it.

Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.