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

There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.

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

There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another.

Men are cowards before women until they become tyrants.

It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can't fly away.

It is the highest and most legitimate pride of an Englishman to have the letters M.P. written after his name. No selection from the alphabet, no doctorship, no fellowship, be it of ever so learned or royal a society, no knightship,--not though it be of the Garter,--confers so fair an honour.