A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.

Many are called but few get up.

A kiss is a course of procedure cunningly devised, for the mutual stopage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous.

When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.

Gather kittens while you may, Time brings only sorrow; And the kittens of today; Will be old cats tomorrow.

If some people got their rights they would complain of being deprived of their wrongs.

Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.