Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.

There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.

Never let the estate decrease in your hands. It is only by such resolutions as that that English noblemen and English gentlemen can preserve their country. I cannot bear to see property changing hands.

It is no good any longer having any opinion upon anything.

There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony.

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.

Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who has spoken a word at once regretted, are far too proud to express that regret.