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

We love peace, as we abhor pusillanimity; but not peace at any price.

Habitual intoxication is the epitome of every crime.

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.

Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others.

A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that 'ancient institution' the old one.

He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky.