Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each one a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and hardened into usage, they form at last a rich varnish, with which the routine of life is washed, and its details adorned. If they are superficial, so are the dew-drops which give such a depth to the morning meadows.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

Every man's Reason is sufficient for his guidance, if used.

Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?

He is only rich who owns the day. There is no king, rich man, fairy, or demon who possesses such power as that.

Every artist was first an amateur.

After you have pumped your brains for thoughts and verses, there is a better poetry hinted in whistling a tune on your walk.