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!

Our material possessions, like our joys, are enhanced in value by being shared. Hoarded and unimproved property can only afford satisfaction to a miser.

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain. It can be and is often treasured by the recipient for life.

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.

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

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

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