A sportsman is a man who every now and then simply has to get out and kill something. Not that he's cruel. He wouldn't hurt a fly. It's not big enough.
It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.
Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
The British are terribly lazy about fighting. They like to get it over and done with and then set up a game of cricket.
It may be that those who do most dream most.
Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it.
You encourage a comic man too much and he gets silly.
The sorrows and disasters of Europe always brought fortune to America.
Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The jotting is simplicity itself- it is the occurring which is difficult.
Many a man in love with a dimple makes a mistake of marrying the whole girl.
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