“America is the country where you buy a lifetime supply of aspirin for one dollar and use it up in two weeks”

“If your goal is to reduce costs, then coal is a good idea. If the goal is a renewable fuel, coal is a bad idea. When greenhouse-gas emissions go up, environmentalists take note. Then you've got a problem”

“Had I but plenty of money, money enough and to spare, the house for me, no doubt, were a house in the city-square”

“When nations grow old, the arts grow cold and commerce settles on every tree.”

“As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid”

“If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company; I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner”