I have sometimes thought of the final cause of dogs having such short lives and I am quite satisfied it is in compassion to the human race; for if we suffer so much in losing a dog after an acquaintance of ten or twelve years, what would it be if they were to live double that time?

To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.

A mother's pride, a father's joy.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

It is the privilege of tale-tellers to open their story in an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers, and where the humour of each displays itself, without ceremony or restraint.

Vengeance to God alone belongs; But, when I think of all my wrongs My blood is liquid flame!

Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel.