Beware of creating tedium!

He possessed the rare merit of making a property of his time and not a burden.

What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?

But then in novels the most indifferent hero comes out right at last. Some god comes out of a theatrical cloud and leaves the poor devil ten thousand-a-year and a title.

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

To have her meals, and her daily walk, and her fill of novels, and to be left alone, was all that she asked of the gods.

I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.