“Positive anything is better than negative nothing.”

“If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.”

“Concerning God, freewill and destiny: Of all that earth has been or yet may be, all that vain men imagine or believe, or hope can paint or suffering may achieve, we descanted.”

“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.”

“Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.”

“Always do right - It will please many people, and amaze the rest.”