Some authorities hold that the young ought not to lie at all. That, of course, is putting it rather stronger than necessary; still, while I cannot go quite so far as that, I do maintain, and I believe I am right, that the young ought to be temperate in the use of this great art until practice and experience shall give them that confidence, elegance and precision which alone can make the accomplishment graceful and profitable.

A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows.

Not until you become a stranger to yourself will you be able to make acquaintance with the Friend.

I have made it a rule never to smoke more than one cigar at a time.

Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.

There is no such thing as the Queen's English. The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares!

One may make their house a palace of sham, or they can make it a home, a refuge.