Death and taxes are inevitable.

Punctuality is the sole of business.

What a sight there is in that "smile!" it changes like a chameleon. There is a vacant smile, a cold smile, a smile of hate, a satiric smile, an affected smile; but, above all, a smile of love.

Coerced innocence is like an imprisoned lark,--open the door, and it is off forever. The bird that roams through the sky and the groves unrestrained knows how to dodge the hawk and protect itself; but the caged one, the moment it leaves its bars and bolts behind, is pounced upon by the fowler or the vulture.

Impossible desires are the height of unreason.

Favoritism manifests itself in all departments of government, public and private. It is the harder to avoid, because it is so natural.

Fun has no limits. It is like the human race and face; there is a family likeness among all the species, but they all differ.