In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred.
A successful career has been full of blunders.
You have not fulfilled every duty unless you have fulfilled that of being pleasant.
You cannot win without sacrifice.
A large family party is rather too much like a flight of tomtits; everlasting twitter, but no conversation; gregariousness without companionship.