The things that hurt us teach us.

October is the opal month of the year. It is the month of glory, of ripeness. It is the picture-month.

Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick.

The hunger of the eye is not to be despised; and they are to be pitied who have starvation of the eye.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

Of all formal things in the world, a clipped hedge is the most formal; and of all the informal things in the world, a forest tree is the most informal.

A good digestion is as truly obligatory as a good conscience; pure blood is as truly a part of mankind as a pure faith; and a well ordered skin is the first condition of that cleanliness which is next to Godliness.