Supposing is good, but finding out is better.

[I] shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes. Indeed, upon second thought, I will not use it then, for it is unchristian, inelegant, and degrading--though to speak truly I do not see how house rent and taxes are going to be discussed worth a cent without it.

What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.

All say, ‘how hard it is that we have to die’ -- a strange complaint to come from the mouths of those who have had to live.

The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.

in order to make a man or boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.

Love heightens all senses - except the common.