When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.

If a cook can't make soup between two and seven, she can't make it in a week.

Of all the needs a book has the chief need is that it be readable.

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

This at least should be a rule through the letter-writing world: that no angry letter be posted till four-and-twenty hours will have elapsed since it was written.