A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.

Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them.

We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.