we know nothing of tomorrow, our business is to be good and happy today

Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.

I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland.

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.

A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand.

Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.

How can a bishop marry? How can he flirt? The most he can say is "I will see you in the vestry after service."