Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.

Avoid shame, but do not seek glory; nothing so expensive as glory.

When I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, the only effect it produces on me is to convince me that he is an unalterable fool

Heat, ma am! It was so dreadful here that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones.

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.

The two women exchanged the type of glance women use when there is no knife handy.

Find fault, when you must find fault, in private, if possible; and some time after the offense, rather than at the time.