A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.

The milk of human kindness should be brought fresh to the table every morning.

Sorrow may be a good thing for a woman's heart, but it is a poor cosmetic for her face.

Public opinion is the pennant on a nation's mast which shows the politician and the editor how to trim the sails.

When you are dealing with a child, keep all your wits about you, and sit on the floor.

A drunkard is like a whiskey-bottle, all neck and belly and no head.

Death is an antidote for this life, and it makes another more stable form of life which is insoluble in everything.