"Never trust anyone. You are always alone, and betrayal is inevitable."

"'It happens to each according to his consciousness,' is the Law of Consciousness."

"Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as an income tax refund."

"Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profiteth others and ourselves."

"The difference between a rut and a grave is the depth."

"Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family!"

"Flowers are words even a baby can understand."

"I don't mind a little praise - as long as it's fulsome."

"The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green."

"I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back."

"If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee."

"Thou art the Mars of malcontents."