The preacher's garment is cut according to the pattern of that of the hearers, for the most part.

My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.

The worst of a modern stylish mansion is that it has no place for ghosts.

I should like to see any kind of man, distinguishable from a gorilla, that some good and even pretty woman could not shape a husband out of.

Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.

There are three natural anaesthetics: Sleep, fainting, and death.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.