Date not the life which thou hast run by the mean of reckoning of the hours and days, which though hast breathed: a life spent worthily should be measured by a nobler line, - by deeds, not years.

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

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.

Here 's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here 's to the widow of fifty; Here 's to the flaunting, extravagant queen, And here 's to the housewife that 's thrifty! Let the toast pass; Drink to the lass; I 'll warrant she 'll prove an excuse for the glass.

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

He is the very pineapple of politeness.

Easy writings curse is hard reading.