The wise man is but a clever infant, spelling letters from a hieroglyphical prophetic book, the lexicon of which lies in eternity.

The latest gospel in this world is, know thy work and do it.

Innumerable are the illusions and legerdemain-tricks of custom: but of all of these, perhaps the cleverest is her knack of persuading us that the miraculous, by simple repetition, ceases to be miraculous.

Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes.

Laughter is the cipher key wherewith we decipher the whole man

Professors of the Dismal Science, I perceive the length of your tether is now pretty well run; and I must request you to talk a little lower in the future.

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.