It is always your heaviest bore who is astonished at the tameness of modern celebrities: naturally; for a little of his company has reduced them to a state of flaccid fatigue.

Some people are born to make life pretty, and others to grumble that it is not pretty enough.

After all, the true seeing is within.

The human soul is hospitable, and will entertain conflicting sentiments and contradictory opinions with much impartiality.

There's things to put up wi' in ivery place, an' you may change an' change an' not better yourself when all's said an' done.

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.

There's folks 'ud stand on their heads and then say the fault was i' their boots.