A man must take the fat with the lean.

I find my breath gets short, but it seldom gets longer as a man gets older. I take it as it comes, and make the most of it. That's the best way, ain't it?

Without strong affection, and humanity of heart, and gratitude to that Being whose code is mercy, and whose great attribute is benevolence to all things that breathe, true happiness can never be attained.

And numerous indeed are the hearts to which Christmas brings a brief season of happiness and enjoyment.

I had neither the good sense nor the good feeling to know that this was all my fault, and that if I had been easier with Joe, Joe would have been easier with me. I felt impatient of him and out of temper with him; in which condition he heaped coals of fire on my head.

My life is one demd horrid grind.

Troubles are exceedingly gregarious in their nature, and flying in flocks are apt to perch capriciously.