“Union may be strength, but it is mere brute strength unless wisely directed.”

“Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.”

“Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use.”

“I have never written on any subject unless I believed that the authorities on it were hopelessly wrong.”

“Happiness and misery consist in a progression towards better or worse; it does not matter how high up or low down you are, it depends not on this, but on the direction in which you are tending.”

“To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know he is dead.”

“The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too.”