We do good by ourselves, but we seldom do wrong alone.
the unfortunate thing about worldliness is that its rewards are rather less than its appetites.
To see a shadow and think it is a tree that is a pity; but to see a tree and to think it a shadow can be fatal.
No emergency excuses you from exercising tolerance.
Truth is its own defense.
I am never at picnics. The ground was not meant to be sat upon in its raw state, I feel sure, and I prefer my food without either caterpillars or drafts!