Habit is altogether too arbitrary a master for me to submit to.
She whom smiles and tears make equally lovely may command all hearts.
Conscience is wiser than science.
When you doubt between words, use the plainest, the commonest, the most idiomatic. Eschew fine words as you would rouge; love simple ones as you would the native roses on your cheek.
Softness of smile indicates softness of character.
You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.