"We are told that an Indian cannot be made to feel a slight. I confess I have never found an Indian who could not."

"The gentleman is a man of leisure who knows how to use it."

"Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end."

"It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things."

"The more you know, the less you need."