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

Marrying a woman for her money is very much like setting a rat-trap, and baiting it with your own finger.

Never teach your child to be cunning or you may be certain you will be one of the very first victims of his shrewdness.

We mingle in society not so much to meet others as to escape ourselves.

The best creed we can have is charity toward the creeds of others.

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

Pyrotechnically considered, [laughing] is the fire-works of the soul.