The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.
Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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.
Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.
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.