In the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.

Everyday life is a stimulating mixture of order and haphazardry. The sun rises and sets on schedule but the wind bloweth where it listeth.

If a man lives to any considerable age, it can not be denied that he laments his imprudences, but I notice he often laments his youth a deal more bitterly and with a more genuine intonation.

Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.

To avoid an occasion for our virtues is a worse degree of failure than to push forward pluckily and make a fall.

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.