Men are created like upright angels, but too often behave like downright devils.

Thought is the unconscious and unceasing language of the mind.

The most of what a glutton eats goes to create a desire for more.

Humanity is the refuse of spirit.

We hurry over the road that stretches from childhood to maturity only to discover that its most beautiful scenery escaped our vision.

The world of prosperity maintains the world of adversity.

The smoothest path is no guarantee against a broken neck.

Joy comes to us like butterflies, but sorrow like wasps.

A sleepy man's eyes generally go to bed some time before he does.

We are in the age of M.D., medical darkness, which seeks legislative protection from the light.

Real happiness is not of temporary enjoyment, but is so interwoven with the future that it blesses for ever.

Shiftless persons find their chief happiness in complaining.

Good ideas often take wings and fly beyond our reach, while bad ones will cling to us like barnacles to a vessel.

Most of what is said under excitement is regretted when we become ourselves again.

Let your strongest muscle be the will.

Rum is a flatterer, making fools and lunatics.

Wishing good, merely, is a lukewarm charity; but doing good is divine.

Brevities are the golden formations in the quartz of literature.

Pure love is as gentle as the moon and as constant as the sun.

Sickness always brings the soul nearer to God.