Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

I begin with writing the first sentence—and trusting to Almighty God for the second.

Human nature is the same in all professions.

—all I can say of the matter, is—That he has either a pumkin for his head—or a pippin for his heart, —and whenever he is dissected 'twill be found so.

Great wits jump

The sufferings which may be observed nowadays - they are so widespread and so vast - but people speak nevertheless about a certain moral improvement which society has achieved…

If you don't build a personal brand, someone else will brand you with the wrong label.

I think I might have to place you under arrest for trespassing. But I always go easy on pretty girls who confess.

If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.

Money, media, and political power are very closely connected.

Oh, you happy sons of the North who have been reared at the bosom of Bach, how I envy you!

Until you have heard the whippoowill, either nearby or in the fain - distance, you have not experienced summer night.

I know people who will gently persuade you to be forthcoming.

The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.

Putting out a newspaper without promotion is like winking at a girl in the dark -- well-intentioned, but ineffective.