We are the slaves of objects around us, and appear little or important according as these contract or give us room to expand.

Well-mannered children could be conceived if the parents were well-mannered.

Try novelties for salesman's bait, For novelty wins everyone.

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

Confronted by outstanding merit, there is no way of saving one's ego except by love

Poor fool! in whose petty estimation all things are little.

When two people are really happy about one another one can generally assume they are mistaken.