Men are cowards before women until they become tyrants.

It is the highest and most legitimate pride of an Englishman to have the letters M.P. written after his name. No selection from the alphabet, no doctorship, no fellowship, be it of ever so learned or royal a society, no knightship,--not though it be of the Garter,--confers so fair an honour.

It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined. If anything can do it, it is a cradle filled annually.

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

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

It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything.

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