She kept up her compliments, and I kept up my determination to deserve them or die.

To eat is human, to digest, divine

Let your secret sympathies and your compassion be always with the under dog in the fight -- this is magnanimity; but bet on the other one -- this is business.

Such is professional jealousy; a scientist will never show any kindness for a theory which he did not start himself.

The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it.

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

The proverb says, "Born lucky, always lucky," and I am very superstitious. As a small boy I was notoriously lucky. It was usual for one or two of our lads (per annum) to get drowned in the Mississippi or in Bear Creek, but I was pulled out in a 2/3 drowned condition 9 times before I learned to swim, and was considered to be a cat in disguise.