Leverage is everything-don't begin to pry until you've got the long arm on your side.

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.

Science is the topography of ignorance.

Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.