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

I don't know why it should be, I am sure; but the sight of another man asleep in bed when I am up, maddens me.

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

I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters, and the only malady I could conclude I had not got was housemaid's knee.

Too much of anything is a mistake, as the man said when his wife presented him with four new healthy children in one day. We should practice moderation in all matters.

I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don't want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house.

There is no more thrilling sensation I know of than sailing. It comes as near to flying as man has got to yet - except in dreams.