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

There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony.

No living orator would convince a grocer that coffee should be sold without chicory; and no amount of eloquence will make an English lawyer think that loyalty to truth should come before loyalty to his client.

A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by emergency.

Life is so unlike theory.

A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.

Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks.