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

Quality, not quantity, is my measure.

There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.

Man owes two solemn debts--one to society, and one to-nature. It is only when he pays the second that he covers the first.

Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others.

Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.

Humor is the harmony of the heart.