A man with lofty ideas is an uncomfortable neighbor.

Be the first to say something obvious and achieve immortality.

In meeting again after a separation, acquaintances ask after our outward life, friends after our inner life.

The sympathy of most people consists of a mixture of good-humour, curiosity, and self-importance.

Nothing is so irretrievably missed as an opportunity we encounter every day.

Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good.

Morals refine manners, as manners refine morals.