There are three infallible ways of pleasing an author, and the three form a rising scale of compliment: 1, to tell him you have read one of his books; 2, to tell him you have read all of his books; 3, to ask him to let you read the manuscript of his forthcoming book. No. 1 admits you to his respect; No. 2 admits you to his admiration; No. 3 carries you clear into his heart.

When you catch an adjective, kill it.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.

It is not a new thing for a thoroughly good and well-meaning preacher´s soft heart to run away with his soft head.

He charged nothing for his preaching and it was worth it too.

Cold! If the thermometer had been an inch longer we'd all have frozen to death!

It’s not the good that die young, it’s the lucky.