Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.

Some men have only one book in them, others a library.

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.

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.

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

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.

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