You find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the oil and twopence.

Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out.

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

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

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.

When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.

His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful.