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

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

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.

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.

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.

The man who has never been tempted doesn't know how dishonest he is.

Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.

There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.