A blaze first pleases and then tires the sight.
The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay.
The charm of London is that you are never glad or sorry for ten minutes together; in the country you are one or the other for weeks.
There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.
You may abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one. You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot make a table. It is not your trade to make tables.