Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake. Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous - almost of pedantic - veracity, that the experienced angler is seen.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

Evil thought is a dangerous pet. It is safer to play with it from behind the iron bars of circumstance.

The weather is like the government, always in the wrong.

Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.

The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him.

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