Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, "Can he name a kitten?"