Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand.

Why do they always put mud into coffee on board steamers? Why does the tea generally taste of boiled boots?

Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.

The tallest and the smallest among us are so alike diminutive and pitifully base, it is a meanness to calculate the difference.

Bad husbands will make bad wives.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

Women are jealous of cigars... they regard them as a strong rival.