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

"He is one of those wise philanthropists who in a time of famine would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks."

"The surest way to hit a woman’s heart is to take aim kneeling."

"That fellow would vulgarize the day of judgment."

"The best thing I know between France and England is the sea."

"Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it."

"Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest."

"The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I were a grave-digger, or even a hangman, there are som…"

"A blessed companion is a book,—a book that fitly chosen is a life-long friend."

"He was so good he would pour rose-water on a toad."