Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.

Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.

Marrying a woman for her money is very much like setting a rat-trap, and baiting it with your own finger.

I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.

The unfortunate do not pity the unfortunate.

A witty writer is like a porcupine; his quill makes no distinction between friend and foe.

Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job.