We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes in his own behalf helps to mold the universe.
If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest.
Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.
I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.
I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed.
Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear.
But there, everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.