I can't bear fishing. I think people look like fools sitting watching a line hour after hour-or else throwing and throwing, and catching nothing.
Consequences are unpitying.
To an old memory like mine the present days are but as a little water poured on the deep.
Friendships begin with liking or gratitude- roots that can be pulled up.
The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.
When a man has seen the woman whom he would have chosen if he had intended to marry speedily, his remaining a bachelor will usually depend on her resolution rather than on his.