Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not love you; you may settle yourself in full confidence both of my love and my esteem; I love you as a kind man, I value you as a worthy man, and hope in time to reverence you as a man of exemplary piety.

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction. A man is pleased that his wife is dressed as well as other people, and the wife is pleased that she is dressed.

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.

Since life itself is uncertain, nothing which has life for its basis can boast much stability.

When two Eglishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.

We seldom require more to the happiness of the present hour than to surpass him that stands next before us.