Our vanities differ as our noses do: all conceit is not the same conceit, but varies in correspondence with the minutiae of mental make in which one of us differs from another.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude- roots that can be pulled up.

We get a deal o' useless things about us, only because we've got the money to spend.

I shall never love anybody. I can't love people. I hate them.' 'The time will come, dear, the time will come.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

It's a father's duty to give his sons a fine chance.