The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year.

…often between ourselves and those nearest and dearest to us there exists a reserve which it is very hard to overcome.

Men are often bad, but babies never are.

It was fortunate that tea was at hand, to produce a lull and provide refreshment,— for they would have been hoarse and faint if they had gone on much longer.

Persuasive influences are better than any amount of moralizing.