He thought it happier to be dead, To die for Beauty, than live for bread
[D]ivine Providence... keeps the universe open in every direction to the soul.
There is ever a slight suspicion of the burlesque about earnest good men.
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past
Meet your failure nobly, and it will not differ from success.