An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.

No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.[to feel unhappy you need the time to consider how your lot could be better]

There is no denying that there are 'royal roads' through existence for the upper classes; for them, at least, the highways are macadamized, swept, and watered.

That which is always within our reach, is always the last thing we take; and the chances are, that what we can do every day, we never do at all.

there is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by-the-by - for such wisdom is wholly wasted.

Travel is as much a passion as ambition or love.

It is curious how inseparable eating and kindness are with some people.