A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.
Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.
An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.
Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.
Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.
A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.
He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.
Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know.
Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.
Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity?
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
