It is our imagination, not our conscience, which makes us better than the beasts of the field.

There is no misery quite so wearing as the misery of a false position. It seems to slay the body and the soul.

People get to like a soul, but a satisfactory hat makes an impression at first sight.

Men astonish themselves far more than they astonish their friends.

When a man forgets his ideals he may hope for happiness, but not till then.

What is beautiful is right: what is unbeautiful is wrong.

I have always found that each step we take in life is to be regretted - if we once begin to wonder how many other steps might have been possible.