A careful observation of Nature will disclose pleasantries of superb irony. She has for instance placed toads close to flowers.

A husband and wife who are in the habit of occupying separate rooms are either beings apart, or they have found happiness. Either they hate or they adore each other.

Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.

He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.

The man whom fate employs to awaken love in the heart of a young girl is often unaware of his work and therefore leaves it uncompleted.

He's got his dog trained so that it only does it on newspapers. The trouble is it does it when he's reading the blasted things.

It is a singular fact that most men of action incline to the theory of fatalism, while the greater part of men of thought believe in providence.