I am open to conviction on all points except dinner and debts. I hold that the one must be eaten and the other paid.

My childhood was full of deep sorrows - colic, whooping-cough, dread of ghosts, hell, Satan, and a Deity in the sky who was angry when I ate too much plumcake.

Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.

You have such strong words at command, that they make the smallest argument seem formidable.

I'm not one of those that can see the cat in the dairy and wonder what she's there for.

Your dunce who can't do his sums always has a taste for the infinite.

Miserliness is a capital quality to run in families; it's the safe side for madness to dip on.