A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.

When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that has not been filtered through either the berry of a grape, or else a tub of malt. These are the most reliable filters yet invented.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.

Neither have they hearts to stay, nor wit enough to run away.

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself.

Arguments are like fire-arms which a man may keep at home but should not carry about with him.

Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism.

The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat, or takes in its milk, on the principle that it is cheaper to do this than to keep a cow. So it is, but the milk is more likely to be watered.