“one might find men in Congress who possess twice your good looks, but not one who possesses half your good sense.”
“Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even who are the most difficult to satisfy in everything else, do not usually desire a larger measure of this quality than they already possess.”
“If you are ready for the secret, you already possess one half of it,therefore, you will readily recognize the other half the moment it reaches your mind.”
“All men are equal - all men, that is, who possess umbrellas.”
“True beauty is rare, and seldom recognized by the one who possesses it.”
“What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?”