My father, whose way was to force every event in nature into an hypothesis, by which means never man crucified TRUTH at the rate he did.

Tis no extravagant arithmetic to say, that for every ten jokes, thou hast got an hundred enemies; and till thou hast gone on, and raised a swarm of wasps about thine ears, and art half stung to death by them, thou wilt never be convinced it is so.

The most affluent may be stripped of all, and find his worldly comforts, like so many withered leaves, dropping from him.

An actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.

A man who values a good night's rest will not lie down with enmity in his heart, if he can help it.

I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, 'Tis all barren--and so it is; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers.

Certainly it was ordained as a scourge upon the pride of human wisdom, that the wisest of us all, should thus outwit ourselves, and eternally forego our purposes in the intemperate act of pursuing them.