The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

Judicious absence is a weapon.

Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows

Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap a character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny

A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man’s cares, and two-thirds of his ill-humor

Make ’em laugh; make ’em cry; make ’em wait.

Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves

Make em laugh; make em cry; make em wait.