Melodies die out, like the pipe of Pan, with the ears that love them and listen for them.

Society never made the preposterous demand that a man should think as much about his own qualifications for making a charming girl happy as he thinks of hers for making himself happy.

Yes, Isaac Taylor, who has just published 'The World of Mind,' is the Isaac Taylor, author of the 'Natural History of Enthusiasm.' I dare say by this time there is a want of fatty particles in his brain.

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

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

I'll tell you what's the greatest power under heaven, and that is public opinion-the ruling belief in society about what is right and what is wrong, what is honourable and what is shameful. That's the steam that is to work the engines.

It is painful to be told that anything is very fine and not be able to feel that it is fine--something like being blind, while people talk of the sky.