Well, well, my boy, if good luck knocks at your door, don't you put your head out at window and tell it to be gone about its business, that's all.

Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendos.

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.

Pride helps us; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts—not to hurt others.

The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.

... one always believes one's own town to be more stupid than any other.

Better spend an extra hundred or two on your son's education, than leave it him in your will.