Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.

The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.

When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first.

The educated Southerner has no use for an 'r', except at the beginning of a word.

If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.