Murder in the murderer is no such ruinous thought as poets and romancers will have it; it does not unsettle him, or fright him from his ordinary notice of trifles; it is an act quite easy to be contemplated.

Science corrects the old creeds, sweeps away, with every new perception, our infantile catechisms, and necessitates a faith commensurate with the grander orbits and universal laws which it discloses yet it does not surprise the moral sentiment that was older and awaited expectant these larger insights.

I covet truth; beauty is unripe childhood's cheat; I leave it behind with the games of youth.

Practice makes perfect - the sooner you start, the sooner you will be a happy nonsmoker

If you would serve your brother it is fit for you to serve him, do not take back your words when you find that prudent people do not commend you. Be true to your own act, and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of a decorous age.

Every mind is different; and the more it is unfolded, the more pronounced is that difference.

There is always a best way of doing everything, if it be to boil an egg. Manners are the happy ways of doing things.