Life is sometimes sad and often dull, but there are currants in the cake, and here is one of them.

The English lord marries for love, and is rather inclined to love where money is; he rarely marries in order to improve his coat of arms.

If one can't be happy, one must be amused.

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another.

There are worse things than poverty, though I can't for the moment remember what they are.

Chickens are cheerless birds, I advise you to keep geese which can be taught to follow like dogs, one needs all the companionship one can get in these days.

Most people like reading about what they already know - there is even a public for yesterday's weather.