It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.

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

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 great many political speeches are literary parricides; they kill their fathers.

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

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

He is a first-rate collector who can, upon all occasions, collect his wits.