Fox-terriers are born with about four times as much original sin in them as other dogs.

If he were a man of strong mind, it only gave him fits; but a person of mere average intellect it usually sent mad.

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

He is very imprudent, a dog; he never makes it his business to inquire whether you are in the right or the wrong, never asks whether you are rich or poor, silly or wise, sinner or saint. You are his pal. That is enough for him.

In the church is a memorial to Mrs. Sarah Hill, who bequeathed 1 pound annually, to be divided at Easter, between two boys and two girls who "have never been undutiful to their parents; who have never been known to swear or to tell untruths, to steal, or to break windows." Fancy giving up all that for five shillings a year! It is not worth it!

Love is too pure a light to burn long among the noisome gases that we breathe, but before it is choked out we may use it as a torch to ignite the cozy fire of affection.

A Spaniard will seek to persuade you that the bull-ring is an institution got up chiefly for the benefit of the bull.