There is an ill-breeding to which, whatever our rank and nature, we are almost equally sensitive, the ill-breeding that comes from want of consideration for others.

More is got from one book on which the thought settles for a definite end in knowledge, than from libraries skimmed over by a wandering eye.

If a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit.

When you borrow on your character, it is your character that you leave in pawn.

The great secrets of being courted are, to shun others, and seem delighted with yourself.

Leave glory to great folks. Ah, castles in the air cost a vast deal to keep up!

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.