In some respects the better a book is, the less it demands from the binding.

I hate a man who swallows [his food], affecting not to know what he is eating. I suspect his taste in higher matters.

Do not fold, spindle or mutilate.

The light that lies In woman's eyes.

Judge not man by his outward manifestation of faith; for some there are who tremblingly reach out shaking hands to the guidance of faith; others who stoutly venture in the dark their human confidence, their leader, which they mistake for faith; some whose hope totters upon crutches; others who stalk into futurity upon stilts. The difference is chiefly constitutional with them.

The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

Oh, the pleasure of eating my dinner alone!