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.

Men of genius are like eagles, they live on what they kill, while men of talents are like crows, they live on what has been killed for them.

When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime.

As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither.

Jealousy is one of love's parasites.

...But why discourse Upon the Virtues of the Horse? They are too numerous to tell Save when you have a Horse to Sell.

My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.