When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of twenty-one, little did I suspect that I should be at forty-nine, what I now am.

The process of falling in love at first sight is as final as it is swift in such a case, but the growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair.

T'ain't worthwhile to wear a day all out before it comes.

A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing.... It takes something from the world, and has something to give in return.

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.