The universality of a custom is pledge of its worth.
the tea-hour is the hour of peace ... strife is lost in the hissing of the kettle - a tranquilizing sound, second only to the purring of a cat.
Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.
It is in his pleasure that a man really lives.
It is impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.
If everybody floated with the tide of talk, placidity would soon end in stagnation. It is the strong backward stroke which stirs the ripples, and gives animation and variety.