Troubles are like babies - they only grow by nursing.

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

Habitual intoxication is the epitome of every crime.

It takes all sorts of people to make a world.

A piece of simple goodness--a letter gushing from the heart; a beautiful unstudied vindication of the worth and untiring sweetness of human nature--a record of the invulnerability of man, armed with high purpose, sanctified by truth.

Nature designed us to be of good cheer.

If slander be a snake, it is a winged one - it flies as well as creeps.