The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will seem that his satire springs rather from his own caustic nature than from the sins of the world in which he lives.

And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.

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

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

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

I think I owe my life to cork soles.

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.