Better to work and fail than to sleep one's life away.

Love is woman's business,and in "business" we all lay aside our natural weaknesses.

We like, we cherish, we are very, very fond of—but we never love again.

Swearing relieves the feelings - that is what swearing does. I explained this to my aunt on one occasion, but it didn't answer with her. She said I had no business to have such feelings.

Life will always remain a gamble, with prizes sometimes for the imprudent, and blanks so often to the wise.

"Not sure," he retorted; "you call yourself a journalist, and admit there is a subject under Heaven of which you are not sure!"

Idling has always been my strong point.