Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

Life as we call it, is nothing but the edge of the boundless ocean of existence when it comes upon soundings.

Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them.

Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.