I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose.

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

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.

Don't be 'consistent,' but be simply true.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.