I incline to Cain's heresy," he used to say quaintly: "I let my brother go to the devil in his own way.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Nobody speaks of a beautifful view for 5 minutes

Extreme busyness, whether at school or college, kirk or market, is a symptom of deficient vitality.

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.

Had be been Shakespeare, he would then have written Troilus and Cressidato brand the offending sex; but being only a little dog, he began to bite them.

The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.