A man, so to speak, who is not able to bow to his own conscience every morning is hardly in a condition to respectfully salute the world at any other time of the day.

Luck, mere luck may make even madness wisdom.

A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.

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

Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic.

Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.

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