When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper.

When a man wants to write a book full of unassailable facts, he always goes to the British Museum.

The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.

The law is a great thing,--because men are poor and weak, and bad. And it is great, because where it exists in its strength, no tyrant can be above it. But between you and me there should be no mention of law as the guide of conduct. Speak to me of honour, and of duty, and of nobility; and tell me what they require of you.

Though they were Liberals they were not democrats; nor yet infidels.

A physician should take his fee without letting his left hand know what his right is doing; it should be taken without a thought, without a look, without a move of the facial muscles; the true physician should hardly be aware that the last friendly grasp of the hand has been made more precious by the touch of gold