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.

A blessed companion is a book! A book that, fitly chosen, is a life-long friend. A book — the unfailing Damon to his loving Pythias. A book that — at a touch — pours its heart into our own.

Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.

Literature, like a gypsy, to be picturesque, should be a little ragged.

Troubles are like babies - they only grow by nursing.

There are some people as obtuse in recognizing an argument as they are in appreciating wit. You couldn't drive it into their heads with a hammer.

Habitual intoxication is the epitome of every crime.