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.

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

Prudery is often immodestly modest; its habit is to multiply sentinels in proportion as the fortress is less threatened.

We are in favor of tolerance, but it is a very difficult thing to tolerate the intolerant and impossible to tolerate the intolerable.

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

What some name well being, if bought by perpetual nervousness about weight loss plan, is not a lot better than tedious illness.

Some people use half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.