A babe is a mother's anchor.

Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.

A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

Sorrow makes men sincere.

The natural term of an apple-pie is but twelve hours. It reaches its highest state about one hour after it comes from the oven, and just before its natural heat has quite departed. But every hour afterward is a declension. And after it is one day old, it is thence-forward but the ghastly corpse of apple-pie.

Though a man declares himself an atheist, it in no way alters his obligations.