No living orator would convince a grocer that coffee should be sold without chicory; and no amount of eloquence will make an English lawyer think that loyalty to truth should come before loyalty to his client.

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.

Dance with a girl three times, and if you like the light of her eye and the tone of voice with which she, breathless, answers your little questions about horseflesh and music about affairs masculine and feminine, then take the leap in the dark.

I don't like anybody or anything," said Lucinda. Yes, you do;--you like horses to ride, and dresses to wear.

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

I think I owe my life to cork soles.

I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.