Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!

What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left!

A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!