Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of inspiration.

Conversation, like lettuce, requires a good deal of oil to avoid friction and keep the company snooth.Charles Dudley Warner

There is nothing like the thrill of expectation over the first cast in unfamiliar waters. Fishing is like gambling, in that failure only excites hope of a fortunate throw next time.

In onion is strength; and a garden without it lacks flavour. The onion, in its satin wrappings, is among the most beautiful of vegetables; and it is the only one that represents the essence of things. It can almost be said to have a soul.

A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend--'Just as good as the real.'

A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend— Just as good as the real.

How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties have been upset by the love of woman than by the hate of man.

I know that unremitting attention to business is the price of success, but I don’t know what success is.

The chief effect of talk on any subject is to strengthen one’s own opinions, and, in fact, one never knows exactly what he does believe until he is warmed into conviction by the heat of attack and defence.

One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one.