They have written volumes out of which a couplet of verse, a period in prose, may cling to the rock of ages, as a shell that survives a deluge.

Love is the business of the idle, but the idleness of the busy.

The astronomer who catalogues the stars cannot add one atom to the universe; the poet can call an universe from the atom.

Give, and you may keep your friend it you lose your money; lend, and the chances are that you lose your friend if ever you get back your money.

Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely swagger.

If a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit.

The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.