Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth.

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.

You asked me where I generally lived. In my workshop [i.e. in his study] in the mornings and always in the library in the evening. Books are companions even if you don’t open them.

A Protestant, if he wants aid or advice on any matter, can only go to his solicitor.

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

As men advance in life, all passions resolve themselves into money. Love, ambition, even poetry, end in this.