It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.

Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue.

You can lose only the present moment, for that is all you ever have; and no one can lose what he does not possess.

Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.

Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.