I would like to have a second chance at my first love..

Man owes two solemn debts--one to society, and one to-nature. It is only when he pays the second that he covers the first..

Intemperance is the epitome of every crime, the cause of every kind of misery..

If slander be a snake, it is a winged one - it flies as well as creeps..

Fix yourself upon the wealthy. In a word, take this for a golden rule through life: Never, never have a friend that is poorer than yourself..

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

What a fine-looking thing is war! Yet, dress it as we may, dress and feather it, daub it with gold, huzza it, and sing swaggering songs about it,--wh….

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens..

Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoym….

Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass..

Rogues are prone to find things before they are lost..

Patience is the strongest of strong drinks; for it kills the giant despair..

It takes all sorts of people to make a world..

Quality, not quantity, is my measure..

After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world..

The language of women should be luminous, but not voluminous..

Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets..

Love the sea? I dote upon it--from the beach..

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon..

Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others..

Keep your eyes and ears open, if you desire to get on in the world..