Wisdom deprives even poverty of half its power.

Fuss is half-sister to hurry, and neither of them can do anything without getting in their own way.

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.

Take the selfishness out of this world and there would be more happiness than we should know what to do with.

A slander is like a hornet; if you cannot kill it dead at the first blow, better not to strike at it.

Show me a thoroughly contented person, and I will show you a useless one.

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.