It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.

Hunting after happiness is like hunting after a lost sheep in the wilderness--when you find it, the chances are that it is a skeleton.

Faith is the soul riding at anchor.

Fortune is like a coquette; if you don't run after her, she will run after you.

Waves are inspiring not because they rise and fail, but because each time they fall. They never fail to rise again.

Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since.

Newfoundland dogs are good to save children from drowning, but you must have a pond of water handy and a child, or else there will be no profit in boarding a Newfoundland.