Happy the man who never puts on a face, but receives every visitor with that countenance he has on.
The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders.
Truth is the summit of being.
Practice makes perfect - the sooner you start, the sooner you will be a happy nonsmoker
America is another name for opportunity.
Society is the stage on which manners are shown; novels are the literature. Novels are the journal or record of manners; and the new importance of these books derives from the fact, that the novelist begins to penetrate the surface, and treat this part of life more worthily.