Duty, though set about by thorns, may still be made a staff supporting even while it tortures. Cast it away, and, like the prophet's wand, it changes to a snake.

Luck, mere luck may make even madness wisdom.

I never hear the rattling of dice that it does not sound to me like the funeral bell of the whole family.

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

Duty, though set about by thorns, may still be made a staff supporting even while it tortures. Cast it away, and, like the prophet's wand, it changes to a snake.

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

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.