after a man passes 60 , his mischief is mainly in his head

There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind.

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

The oil and wine of merry meeting.

The dullest observer must be sensible of the order and serenity prevalent in those households where the occasional exercise of a beautiful form of worship in the morning gives, as it were, the keynote to every temper for the day, and attunes every spirit to harmony.

He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most explicit and direct manner.

Believe me, the man who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow, eats oftener a sweeter morsel, however coarse, than he who procures it by the labor of his brains.