First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

But to admire a strong person and to live under that strong person’s thumb are two different things.

Make it compulsory for a doctor using a brass plate to have inscribed on it, in addition to the letters indicating his qualifications, the words 'Remember that I too am mortal'.

Money enables us to get what we want instead of what other people think we want.

Besides, do any of us understand what we are doing? If we did, would we ever do it?

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves.

In an article on Bunyan lately published in the "Contemporary Review" - the only article on the subject worth reading on the subject I ever saw (yes, thank you, I am familiar with Macaulay's patronizing prattle about "The Pilgrim's Progress") etc.