Half a loaf is better than no bread.
disorder is the slowest worker in the universe.
our contempt of wealth does not extend beyond the hour when we can get it in possession.
human honesty has its varieties; so does human ignorance.
as all clocks need winding, so all human brains and bodies need to be wound up by sleeping.
little every-day courtesies are called the small change of life; but we should be badly off in trade if we had no small change, and must always deal with twenty-dollar bills; while the small change mounts up to the great sum in a lifetime.