A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.

I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and it appeared or to hint at any little delicate thing to drink and it came like magic in a pint bottle; it was not ecstasy but it was comfort.

Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

When you're a married man, Samivel, you'll understand a good many things as you don't understand now; but whether it's worth while, going through so much, to learn so little, as the charity-boy said when he got to the end of the alphabet, is a matter o taste.

The whole difference between construction and creation is this; that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

The word of a gentleman is as good as his bond; and sometimes better.

I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together.

Philosophers are only men in armor after all.