Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

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

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

Adam invented love at first sight, one of the greatest labor-saving machines the world ever saw.

Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.

Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

I called my cat William because no shorter name fits the dignity of his character. Poor old man, he has fits now, so I call him Fitz-William.