One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession.
Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine.
Some people have a peculiar faculty for denying facts.
A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.
A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain. It can be and is often treasured by the recipient for life.
It is, perhaps, a debatable question, whether a person who has always been notoriously in the habit of lying, has a right to tell the truth; it is, of course, the only device by which he can deceive people.