A dull ax never loves grindstones.

What is the disposition which makes men rejoice in good bargains? There are few people who will not be benefited by pondering over the morals of shopping.

If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.

Nature is a vast repository of manly enjoyments.

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.

Experience is the mother of custom.

Age and youth look upon life from the opposite ends of the telescope; it is exceedingly long,--it is exceedingly short.