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.

And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.

Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.

A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.

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.

My belief of book writing is much the same as my belief as to shoemaking. The man who will work the hardest at it, and will work with the most honest purpose, will work the best.

Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.