Success is the child of audacity.
A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.
Difficulties melt away under tact.
When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
The girl of the period sets up to be natural, and is only rude; mistakes insolence for innocence; says everything that comes first to her lips, and thinks she is gay when she is only giddy.