Give me a chance, says Stupid, and I will show you. Ten to one he has had his chance already, and neglected it.

Hurry is only admissible in catching flies.

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.

Wishes, like castles in the air, are inexpensive and not taxable.

People have no right to make fools of themselves, unless they have no relations to blush for them.

Vanity is not half a bad principle, if it will but stick to legitimate business.

The bee, though it finds every rose has a thorn, comes back loaded with honey from his rambles; and why should not other tourists do the same?