"The very best thing, of course, is to have a good laugh. But if you can't have that, a good cry is not bad either."

"The only antidote to materialism is simplicity."

"All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character …"

"Wherever a man goes, men will pursue him with their petty questions, and endeavor to pry into his private affairs. Commonly, if you are an honest man, they will want to know what you are doing in thei…"

"Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul."