It strains a man's philosophy the worst kind to laugh when he gets beat.

We are ap tu hate them, who wont take our advice, and despise them who do.

There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly enough.

Pedigrees seldom improve by age; the grandson is too often a weak infringement on the grandsire's parent.

The hardest thing any man can do is to fall down on the ice when it's slippery, and get up and praise the Lord.

There are people so addicted to exaggeration that they actually can't tell the truth without lying.

Ill-nature is a sort of running sore of the disposition.