After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.

A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.

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.

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

I believe journalism is coming to be regarded as quite a respectable occupation for gentlemen nowadays.

Till we can become divine, we must be content to be human, lest in our hurry for change we sink to something lower.

Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.