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

A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him.

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!

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

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

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