Intemperance is the epitome of every crime, the cause of every kind of misery.

He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.

The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.

Patience is the strongest of strong drinks; for it kills the giant despair.

There are a good many pious people who are as careful of their religion as of their best service of china, only using it on holy occasions, for fear it should get chipped or flawed in working-day wear.

Duty, though set about by thorns, may still be made a staff supporting even while it tortures. Cast it away, and, like the prophet's wand, it changes to a snake.

After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.