You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load.
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.
Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
Worrying about them always struck me as about as useful as worrying about getting hit by lightning.
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.
The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness, can be trained to do most things.