Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often miscarriages, but seldom reaches either power or honor.
Wasting a fortune is evaporation by a thousand imperceptible means.
The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality.
Whisky making is the art of making poison pleasant
Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature.
We are told, that the black bear is innocent; but I should not like to trust myself with him.