Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.

“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”

“The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.”

“Your friends are all the dullest dogs I know. They are not beautiful: they are …”

“Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got …”