It’s rather a strong check to one’s self-complacency to find how much of one’s right doing depends on not being in want of money.
Better a false belief than no belief at all.
It is a wonderful subduer-this need of love, this hunger of the heart.
... in no part of the world is genteel visiting founded on esteem, in the absence of suitable furniture and complete dinner-service.
The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
I have a knack of hoping, which is as good as an estate.