Nature designed us to be of good cheer.
The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.
After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.
Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets.
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.
Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.