Except a person be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave.

All kings is mostly rapscallions, as fur as I can make out.

The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.

How often we recall with regret that Napoleon once shot at a magazine editor and missed him and killed a publisher. But we remember with charity that his intentions were good.

A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat.

Old habits cannot be thrown out the upstairs window. They have to be coaxed downstairs one step at a time.

Life ain't about how fast you run or how high you climb, It's all about how good you bounce. A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.