Man is my brother, and I am nearer related to him through his vices than I am through his virtue.

Common sense is an instinct given to man and enough of it is genius. Smartness is measured by the level of common sense one has, not by how much educated or knowledgeable he is.

One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.

If a man is right, he can't be too radical; if he is wrong, he can't be too conservative.

Habits are like the wrinkles on a man's brow; if you will smooth out the one, I will smooth out the other.

I hold that a man has as much right to spell a word as it is pronounced as he has to pronounce it the way it ain't spelled.

It iz comparitively eazy tew repent ov the sins that we hav committed, but tew repent ov thoze which we intend to commit, is asking tew mutch ov enny man, now days.

The man who has never been tempted doesn't know how dishonest he is.

Debt is a trap which man sets and baits himself, and then deliberately gets into.