It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can't fly away.

A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces.

On board ship there are many sources of joy of which the land knows nothing. You may flirt and dance at sixty; and if you are awkward in the turn of a valse, you may put it down to the motion of the ship. You need wear no gloves, and may drink your soda-and-brandy without being ashamed of it.

A husband is very much like a house or a horse.

That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing. Could I have remembered, as some men do, what I read, I should have been able to call myself an educated man. But that power I have never possessed. Something is always left--something dim and inaccurate--but still something sufficient to preserve the taste for more. I am inclined to think that it is so with most readers.

When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.

The best education is to be had at a price, as well as the best broadcloth.