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

If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music. It is the only cheap and unpunished rapture upon earth.

Hope is the belief, more or less strong, that joy will come.

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.

If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee.

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained obscure because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort; and who, if they could only have been induced to begin, would in all probability have gone great lengths in the career of fame.

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