"The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear." — Josh Billings

When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.

The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it.

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.

One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.