Occupation: Author Birth: August 25, 1836 Death: May 6, 1902
It may be broadly stated that.....of all animals kept for the recreation of mankind the horse is alone capable of exciting a passion that shall be ab….
Besides writing, I have been teaching myself to 'develop' my own photographic plates, and I haven't a stick of clothing or an exposed finger that isn….
Howbeit, though no scholar, I am not one of those who misuse the English speech, and, being foolishly led by the hasty custom of scriveners and print….
A bird in the hand is a certainty, but a bird in the bush may sing..
One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones..
Don't be too quickTo break bad habits: better stick,Like the Mission folk, to your arsenic..
Each lost day has its patron saint!.
Perhaps there is no gift of nature that requires as little exertion on the part of the owner as personal beauty. I am not certain but that it is this….