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.

What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?

Credit is a matter so subtle in its essence, that, as it may be obtained almost without reason, so, without reason, may it be made to melt away.

He was one of those men who, as in youth they are never very young, so in age are they never very old.

My belief of book writing is much the same as my belief as to shoemaking. The man who will work the hardest at it, and will work with the most honest purpose, will work the best.

Wine is valued for its price, not its flavor.

A man can't do what he likes with his coverts.