We all know that the 'divine glory of the ego' is socially a great nuisance; we all do actually value our friends for modesty, freshness, and simplicity of heart. Whatever may be the reason, we all do warmly respect humility - in other people.

We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.

When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.

Marriage is a duel to the death which no man of honour should decline.

Evil comes at leisure like the disease. Good comes in a hurry like the doctor.

The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.

The poor complain that they are governed badly. The rich complain that they are governed at all.