The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.

I would much rather always look forward to the time when I am going to ride in a carriage, than to look back on the time when I used to.

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.

Ill-nature is a sort of running sore of the disposition.