…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.

The Times is a paper which is seldom found in any hands but those of the highly educated.

“How ever did you see that?” “Because I looked for it.”

Why should people ever take credit for charity when they must know that they cannot gain as much pleasure out of their guineas in any other fashion?

I am engaged in answering that Italian buffoon, Mazotti, whose views upon the larval development of the tropical termites have excited my derision and contempt . . .

He spoke wistfully of a sudden leaving, a breaking of old ties, a flight into a strange world, ending in this dreary valley, and Ettie listened, her dark eyes gleaming with pity and with sympathy - those two qualities which may turn so rapidly and so naturally to love.

A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament.