"I love all men who dive. Any fish can swim near the surface, but it takes a great whale to go down stairs."

"There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness."

"A good laugh is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good thing."

"All noble things are as difficult as they are rare."

"There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes to pawing over his old clothes."