The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them.