A man is wise with the wisdom of his time only, and ignorant with its ignorance. Observe how the greatest minds yield in some degree to the superstitions of their age.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him.

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.

Say, Not so, and you will outcircle the philosophers.

Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.

If you are chosen town clerk, forsooth, you cannot go to Tierra del Fuego this summer; but you may go to the land of infernal fire nevertheless.

The heart is forever inexperienced.