Dangers are sum like a kold bath, very dangerous while you stand stripped on the bank, but often not only harmless, but invigorating, if you pitch into them.

Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.

A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.

Experience makes more timid men than it does wise ones.

When a young man begins to go down hill everything seems to be greased for the occasion.

Shame is the dying embers of virtue.

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.