There is nothing on which men are commonly more intent than on making a way for their opinions.

The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar.

Petty vexations may at times be petty, but still they are vexations. The smallest and most inconsiderable annoyances are the most piercing. As small letters weary the eye most, so the smallest affairs disturb us most.

The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible.

It is a stupid presumption to go about despising and condemning as false anything that seems to us improbable; this is a common fault in those who think they have more intelligence than the crowd.

Speaking is half his that speaks, and half his that hears.

I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.