Quotes from George D. Prentice

Some men's ugliness is hard to beat.

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain. It can be and is often treasured by the recipient for life.

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty saying are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.

Gone! gone forever!-like a rushing wave Another year has burst upon the shore Of earthly being-and its last low tones, Wandering in broken accents in the air, Are dying to an echo.

It seems no more than right that men should seize time by the forelock, for the rude old fellow, sooner or later, pulls all their hair out.

Remorseless time! fierce spirit of the glass and scythe,--what power can stay him in his silent course, or melt his iron heart with pity!

Time knows not the weight of sleep or weariness, and night's deep darkness has no chain to bind his rushing pinion.

Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine.

A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth.

Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get.

There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues.

When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it is a pretty certain sign that she has his.

If you woo the company of the angels in your waking hours, they will be sure to come to you in your sleep.

It is difficult to be good-natured in a hot day. Intense heat destroys even the temper of steel, and why not that of flesh and blood?

Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get.

When a man has been intemperate so long that shame no longer paints a blush upon his cheek, his liquor generally does it instead.

It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.

Some men give as little light in the world as a farthing tallow candle, and when they expire, leave as bad an odor behind them.

A good many men and women want to get possession of secrets just as spendthrifts want to get money-for circulation.

Those who think that in order to dress well it is necessary to dress extravagantly or grandly, make a great mistake. Nothing so well becomes true feminine beauty as simplicity.

A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth.