The question is not about the weapon, but the spirit in which you use it

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads

Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of 'doing me good', I should run for my life

It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong...but it is his duty, at least to wash his hands of it, and, if he gives it no thought longer, not to give it practically his support

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe

Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. It is life near the bone where it is sweetest

With respect to wit, I learned that there is not much difference between the half and the whole

A witty phrase proves nothing