Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry.

One of the aged greatest miseries is that they cannot easily find a companion able to share the memories of the past.

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.

What a strange narrowness of mind now is that, to think the things we have not known are better than the things we have known.

What is the reason that women servants ... have much lower wages than men servants ... when in fact our female house servants work much harder than the male?

There ambush here relentless ruffians lay, And here the fell attorney prowls for prey.