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.

What the eye does not see, the stomach does not get upset over

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.

It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a blunder, though, and is punished as such. A poor man is despised the whole world over.

Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing.

I respect the truth too much to drag it out on every occasion.

If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics as I do.