There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.

Wits, like drunken men with swords, are apt to draw their steel upon their best acquaintances.

A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that 'ancient institution' the old one.

Man owes two solemn debts--one to society, and one to-nature. It is only when he pays the second that he covers the first.

A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness.

A man, so to speak, who is not able to bow to his own conscience every morning is hardly in a condition to respectfully salute the world at any other time of the day.

Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.

God said, "Let us make man in our image." Man said, 'Let us make God in our image.

The sharp employ the sharp; verily, a man may be known by his attorney.