His past was fairly blameless; few men could read the rolls of their life with less apprehension; yet he was humbled to the dust by the many ill things he had done, and raised up again into sober and fearful gratitude by the many he had come so near to doing, yet avoided.

Everything is true; only the opposite is true too; you must believe both equally or be damned.

The friendly cow, all red and white, I love with all my heart; She gives me cream with all her might, To eat with apple-tart.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

A birdie with a yellow bill Hoped upon the window sill, Cocked his shining eye and said: 'Ain't you 'shamed, you sleepy-'ead?

The world has no room for cowards.

I am told there are people who do not care for maps, and I find it hard to believe.