It is undoubtedly true that some people mistake sycophancy for good nature, but it is equally true that many more mistake impertinence for sincerity.

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

If you woo the company of the angels in your waking hours, they will be sure to come to you in your sleep.

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

Some people seem as if they can never have been children, and others seem as if they could never be anything else.

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

It seems no more than right that men should seize time by the forelock, for the rude old fellow, sooner or later, pulls all their hair out.