“A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.”

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.

Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else.

When you drink of the water, don’t forget the spring from which it flows.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Reflect upon your present blessings.

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

What greater gift than the love of a cat.

Ask no questions, and you’ll be told no lies.

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

Never,” said my aunt, “be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you.

Least said, soonest mended.