Life is a first draft... with NO rewrite.
Civilization is a disease produced by the practice of building societies with rotten material.
Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo.
I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul.
A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
Take the utmost care to get well born and well brought up.