Women, somehow, have the same fear of witty men as of fireworks.

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

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

A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that 'ancient institution' the old one.

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.

As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice.

Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it.