Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.

It is hard to conceive that the old, whose thoughts have been all thought out, should ever love to live alone. Solitude is surely for the young, who have time before them for the execution of schemes, and who can, therefore, take delight in thinking

Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable.

It is very difficult to say nowadays where the suburbs of London come to an end and where the country begins. The railways, instead of enabling Londoners to live in the country have turned the countryside into a city.

It's dogged as does it. It ain't thinking about it.

A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces.

The best education is to be had at a price, as well as the best broadcloth.