The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.

The pride of the body is a barrier against the gifts that purify the soul.

... one's own faults are always a heavy chain to drag through life and one can't help groaning under the weight now and then.

Resolve will melt no rocks. But it can scale them.

... in no part of the world is genteel visiting founded on esteem, in the absence of suitable furniture and complete dinner-service.

In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider it is hard to find rules without exception.

We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinnertime.