 No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions. |
| Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. |
| Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude. |
| Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles. |
| Now comes the mystery. |
| I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent. |
| God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas. |
| Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. |
| Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next. Topics: Children |
| There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books. |
| A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. |
| You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are. |
| The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic. |
| All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot. |
| A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good. |
| The most dangerous people are the ignorant. |
| Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown. |
