Many people come into company full of what they intend to say in it themselves, without the least regard to others; and thus charged up to the muzzle are resolved to let it off at any rate.

Deafness produces bizarre effects, reversing the natural order of things; the interchange of letters is the conversation of the deaf, and the only link with society. I would be in despair, for instance, over seeing you speak, but, instead, I am only too happy to hear you write.

Many people come into company full of what they intend to say in it themselves, without the least regard to others; and thus charged up to the muzzle are resolved to let it off at any rate.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

Little secrets are commonly told again, but great ones generally kept.

Dispatch is the soul of business.

Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.