There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.

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

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.

We cannot reform our forefathers.

Hatred is like fire, it makes even light rubbish deadly.

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.