Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinction. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. It is like ice, on which no beauty of form, no majesty of carriage, can plead any immunity; they must walk gingerly, according to the laws of ice, or down they must go, dignity and all.

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

If you visit your friend, why need you apologize for not having visited him, and waste his time and deface your own act? Visit him now.

All stealing is comparative. If you come to absolutes, pray who does not steal.

Whatever we think and say is wonderfully better for our spirits and trust in another mouth.

The charm of fine manners is music and sculpture and picture to many who do not pretend to appreciation of these arts.

Let us unlearn our wisdom of the world. Let us lie low in the Lord's power, and learn that truth alone makes rich and great.