He who desires a lifetime of happiness with a beautiful woman desires to enjoy the taste of wine by keeping his mouth always full of it.
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
Gambling promises the poor what Property performs for the rich.
Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.
Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.
Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.
Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.
Beware of his false knowledge: it is more dangerous than ignorance.
Better keep yourself clean and bright: you are the window through which you must see the world.
