The system of refusing the mere act of drinking and leaving the desire in full force, is unintelligent war tactics, it seems to me

Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink- under any circumstances

I always take Scotch whiskey at night as a preventive of toothache. I have never had the toothache; and what is more, I never intend to have it.

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.

It is wiser to find out than to suppose

It is not that I believe that there are too many idiots in this world, just that lightning isn't distributed right.