... though mathematics may teach a man how to build a bridge, it is what the Scotch Universities call the humanities, that teach him to be civil and sweet-tempered.
The first step is what I like to be sure of ... to the second step it often binds you.
Old age is the verdict of life.
There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for a woman to make sorrow in it.
... if fiction does not show us a better life than reality, what is the good of it?
... the evil that comes out of your lips, into your own bosom will fall.