To think of the part one little woman can play in the life of a man, so that to renounce her may be a very good imitation of heroism, and to win her may be a discipline.

... we all know the wag's definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance.

The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.

When one wanted one's interests looking after whatever the cost, it was not so well for a lawyer to be over honest, else he might not be up to other people's tricks.

Selfish— a judgment readily passed by those who have never tested their own power of sacrifice.

The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.

It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted.