And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.

A husband is very much like a house or a horse.

I believe journalism is coming to be regarded as quite a respectable occupation for gentlemen nowadays.

It is very hard, that necessity of listening to a man who says nothing

Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who have no story to tell.

Of Dickens' style it is impossible to speak in praise. It is jerky, ungrammatical, and created by himself in defiance of rules... No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.

The habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself.