If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill him. What superiority he may have inherited from his race, what superiority nature may have personally gifted him with, comes out in death.

A thought may be very commendable as a thought, but I value it chiefly as a window through which I can obtain insight on the thinker.

There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury.

Looking forward into an empty year strikes one with a certain awe, because one finds therein no recognition. The years behind have a friendly aspect, and they are warmed by the fires we have kindled, and all their echoes are the echoes of our own voices.

Trees are your best antiques

Pride's chickens have bonny feathers, but they are an expensive brood to rear. They eat up everything, and are always lean when brought to market.

Winter does not work only on a broad scale; he is careful in trifles.