Some people have a peculiar faculty for denying facts.

One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession.

When a man has been intemperate so long that shame no longer paints a blush upon his cheek, his liquor generally does it instead.

Remorseless time! fierce spirit of the glass and scythe,--what power can stay him in his silent course, or melt his iron heart with pity!

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty saying are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.

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

A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point.