It is the lot of man to suffer; it is also his fortune to forget. Oblivion and sorrow share our being, as darkness and light divide the course of time.

The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right.

Perseverance and tact are the two most important qualities for the individual who wants to move ahead.

Lady Lytton rules her husband, but that I suppose is always the case where marriages are what is called 'happy'.

Little things affect little minds.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

We can know nothing of humankind without knowing something of ourselves. Self-knowledge is the property of those people whose passions have their full play, but who ponder over their results.