I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning.

He is the very pineapple of politeness.

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

If it is abuse, - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned goodnatured friend or another!

Egad, I think the interpreter is the hardest to be understood of the two!

When of a gossiping circle it was asked, "What are they doing?" The answer was, "Swapping lies.

We will not anticipate the past; so mind, young people,-our retrospection will be all to the future.