O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song!

Sing a song of seasons; something bright in all, flowers in the summer, fires in the fall.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

If you keep on drinking rum, the world will soon be quit of a very dirty scoundrel!

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.

The true wisdom is to be always seasonable, and to change with a good grace in changing circumstances.

You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?