To have friends, you know, one need only be good-natured; but when a man has no enemy left there must be something mean about him.

When I think of all the harm [the Bible] has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it.

It is much more easy to have sympathy with suffering than it is to have sympathy with thought.

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

Punctuality is the thief of time

On the whole, the great success of marriage in the States is due partly to the fact that no American man is ever idle, and partly to the fact that no American wife is considered responsible for the quality of her husband's dinners.