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.

It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution.

In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted up that it may be ready for the national breakfast-table on the morning after his demise.

I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards - When I find him to be envious, carping, spiteful, hating the successes of others, and complaining that the world has never done enough for him, I am apt to doubt whether his humility before God will atone for his want of manliness.

Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.

There are some points on which no man can be contented to follow the advice of another - some subjects on which a man can consult his own conscience only.

Above all else, never think you're not good enough.