Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.

There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

Fun is a sugar-coated physic.

It is easy to assume a habit; but when you try to cast it off, it will take skin and all.

Prejudice is a house-plant which is very apt to wilt if you take it out-of-doors among folks.

Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.