I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.

As a general thing, an individual who is neat in his person is neat in his morals.

As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.

The highest philosophers, in explaining the mystery of this world, are obliged to call in the aid of another.

Most men would rather be charged with malice than with making a blunder.

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

As in a game ov cards, so in the game ov life, we must play what is dealt tew us, and the glory consists, not so mutch in winning, as in playing a poor hand well.