It is but shaping the bribe to the taste, and every one has his price.

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.

Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet mean no more by it than the men do.

Superstitious notions propagated in infancy are hardly ever totally eradicate, not even in minds grown strong enough to despise the like credulous folly in others.

Quantity in diet is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.

Would Alexander, madman as he was, have been so much a madman, had it not been for Homer?

All that hoops are good for is to clean dirty shoes and keep fellows at a distance.