In the whole history of the world there is but one thing that money cannot buy...to wit--the wag of a dog's tail.

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.

The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.

Dr. Holmes says, both wittily and truly, that crying widows are easiest consoled.

It's not what we don't know that prevents us from succeeding; it's what we know that just ain't so that is our greatest obstacle.

You cannot analyze a kiss any more than you can dissect the fragrance of flowers.

It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.