Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other. |
Man, while he loves, is never quite depraved |
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more |
My theory is to enjoy life, but the practice is against it |
New Year's Day is every man's birthday. |
New Year's Day is every man's birthday. |
Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment. |
No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam. |
No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam. |
Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door |
Nothing is to me more distasteful than that entire complacency and satisfaction which beam in the countenances of a new-married couple. |
Nothing puzzles me more than time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less |
Opinions is a species of property - I am always desirous of sharing |
Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life |
Presents, I often say, endear absents. |