More than half the difficulties of the world would be allayed or removed by the exhibition of good temper.

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

What a blessing this smoking is! Perhaps the greatest that we owe to the discovery of America.

The man who could withstand, with his fellow-men in single line, a charge of cavalry may lose all command of himself on the occurrence of a fire in his own house, because of some homely reminiscence unknown to the observing bystander.

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.

Infinite toil would not enable you to sweep away a mist; but by ascending a little, you may often look over it altogether. So it is with our moral improvement: we wrestle fiercely with a vicious habit, which could have no hold upon us if we ascended into a higher moral atmosphere.

Offended vanity is the great separator in social life.