The great man is the man who does a thing for the first time.

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.

To have to die is a distinction of which no man is proud.

The truly great rest in the knowledge of their own deserts, nor seek the conformation of the world.

Good-humor and, generosity carry day with the popular heart all the world over.

Nature never quite goes along with us. She is somber at weddings, sunny at funerals, and she frowns on ninety-nine out of a hundred picnics.

A brave soul is a thing which all things serve.