To no kind of begging are people so averse, as to begging pardon; that is, when there is any serious ground for doing so.

The next best thing to a very good joke is a very bad one.

Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeeper, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience into the bargain.

A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as well as under adversity.

To no kind of begging are people so averse, as to begging pardon; that is, when there is any serious ground for doing so.

Knowledge is the parent of love; wisdom, love itself.

By the ancients, courage was regarded as practically the main part of virtue; by us, though I hope we are not less brave, purity is so regarded now.