A man can't do what he likes with his coverts.

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.

A husband is very much like a house or a horse.

The habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself.

On board ship there are many sources of joy of which the land knows nothing. You may flirt and dance at sixty; and if you are awkward in the turn of a valse, you may put it down to the motion of the ship. You need wear no gloves, and may drink your soda-and-brandy without being ashamed of it.

Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks.

Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.