Every thing admonishes us how needlessly long life is.

The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both sides.

Go into one of our cool churches, and begin to count the words that might be spared, and in most places the entire sermon will go.

In different hours, a man represents each of several of his ancestors, as if there were seven or eight of us rolled up in each man's skin, - seven or eight ancestors at least, and they constitute the variety of notes for that new piece of music which his life is.

Or whipping its rough surface for a trout.

Manners aim to facilitate life, to get rid of impediments, and bring the man pure to energize. They aid our dealing and conversation, as a railway aids travelling, by getting rid of all avoidable obstructions of the road, and leaving nothing to be conquered but pure space.