When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.

When I mention religion I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.

Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others concerned with him have done evil! If a man has acted right, he has done well, though along; if wrong, the sanction of all mankind will not justify him.

A good heart will, at all times, betray the best head in the world.

There are two considerations which always imbitter the heart of an avaricious man--the one is a perpetual thirst after more riches, the other the prospect of leaving what he has already acquired.

Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.