Moral progress is a process of isolation; the mountain tops are lonely.

Some folks never handle the truth without scratching it.

The fact that you have been knocked down is interesting, but the length of time you remained down is important.

When a great life sets it leaves an afterglow on the sky far into the night.

Many a man wins glory for prudence by seeking advice, then seeking advice as to what advice would be best to take, and finally following appetite.

An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.

Some men, like a wet dog, sprinkle a shower of advice over you when you are least prepared for a bath.