He who meanly admires a mean thing is a snob--perhaps that is a safe definition of the character.

He first selected the smallest one...and then bowed his head as though he were saying grace. Opening his mouth very wide, he struggled for a moment, after which all was over. I shall never forget the comic look of despair he cast upon the other five over-occupied shells. I asked him how he felt. 'Profoundly grateful,' he said, 'as if I had swallowed a small baby.'

You can't order remembrance out of the mind; and a wrong that was a wrong yesterday must be a wrong to-morrow.

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.

A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.

Next to the very young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.