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

Oxford is the most dangerous place to which a young man can be sent.

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

Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.

I do not know whether there be, as a rule, more vocal expression of the sentiment of love between a man and a woman, than there is between two thrushes. They whistle and call to each other, guided by instinct rather than by reason.

Fortune favors the brave; and the world certainly gives the most credit to those who are able to give an unlimited credit to themselves.

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.