"It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not."

"Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others."

"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin."

"Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen."

"Why does a small tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and s substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?"

"Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not."

"The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest amount of hissing."

"The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone."

"I have found a desire within myself that no experience in this world can satisfy; the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."

"I have found little that is good about human beings. In my experience most of them are trash."