There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman.

Memory has the singular characteristic of recalling in a friend absent, as in a journey long past, only that which is agreeable.

The most popular persons are those who take the world as it is who find the least fault.

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.

To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world.

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

Plots are no more exhausted than men are. Every man is a new creation, and combinations are simply endless.