The law of work does seem utterly unfair-but there it is, and nothing can change it: the higher the pay in enjoyment the worker gets out of it, the higher shall be his pay in cash, too.

Some people bring joy wherever they go, and some people bring joy whenever they go.

There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.

The xmas holidays have this high value: that they remind Forgetters of the Forgotten, & repair damaged relationships.

It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help.

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom.

Methuselah lived to be 969 years old . You boys and girls will see more in the next fifty years than Methuselah saw in his whole lifetime.