The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.

To each is given a certain inward talent, a certain outward environment or fortune; to each by wisest combination of these two, a certain maximum capacity.

In private life I never knew anyone interfere with other people's disputes but he heartily repented of it.

Pin your faith to no ones sleeves, haven't you two eyes of your own.

In no time whatever can small critics entirely eradicate out of living men's hearts a certain altogether peculiar collar reverence for Great Men--genuine admiration, loyalty, adora-tion.

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun.