A distinguished man should be as particular about his last words as he is about his last breath. He should write them out on a slip of paper and take the judgment of his friends on them. He should never leave such a thing to the last hour of his life, and trust to an intellectual spurt at the last moment to enable him to say something smart with his latest gasp and launch into eternity with grandeur.

If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.

Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.

When a man's dog turns against hime, it is time for his wife to pack her trunk and go home to mamma.

I persuaded him to throw the dirk away; and it was as easy as persuading a child to give up some bright fresh new way of killing itself.

Man is the only creature who has a nasty mind.

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.