Angels may be very excellent sort of folk in their way, but we, poor mortals, in our present state, would probably find them precious slow company.

It is well we cannot see into the future. There are few boys of fourteen who would not feel ashamed of themselves at forty.

If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics as I do.

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.

The odour of Burgundy, and the smell of French sauces, and the sight of clean napkins and long loaves, knocked as a very welcome visitor at the door of our inner man.

A cat's got her own opinion of human beings. She don't say much, but you can tell enough to make you anxious not to hear the whole of it.

I can't sit still and see another man slaving and working. I want to get up and superintend, and walk round with my hands in my pockets, and tell him what to do. It is my energetic nature. I can't help it.