Our material possessions, like our joys, are enhanced in value by being shared. Hoarded and unimproved property can only afford satisfaction to a miser.

A man bitten by a dog, whether the animal is mad or not, is apt to get mad himself.

The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a great deal more easily than he can other people.

Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point.

Courage, like cowardice, is undoubtedly contagious, but some persons are not liable to catch it.

It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.

Time knows not the weight of sleep or weariness, and night's deep darkness has no chain to bind his rushing pinion.