"Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters."

"Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble."

"The Irish are a fair people - they never speak well of one another"

"Being in a ship is like being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned."

"Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world."

"You must have taken great pains, sir; you could not naturally been so very stupid."

"Help others get ahead. You will always stand taller with someone else on your shoulders."

"It is better, of cours, to know useless things than to know nothing."

"If a rhinoceros were to enter this resteraunt now, there is no denying he would have great power here. But I would be the first to rise and assure him that he had no authority whatever."

"Peace may cost as much as war, but it is a better buy."

"ITCH, n. The patriotism of a Scotchman."

"Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them."