The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.

Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.

Whatever you say, say it with conviction

The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

A sound heart is a surer guide than an ill-trained conscience.

Where was the use, originally, in rushing this whole globe through in six days? It is likely that if more time had been taken in the first place, the world would have been made right, and this ceaseless improving and repairing would not be necessary now. But if you hurry a world or a house, you are nearly sure to find out by and by that you have left out a towhead, or a broom-closet, or some other little convenience, here and there, which has got to be supplied, no matter how much expense or vexation it may cost.

You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can't forget. Those are your 'friends