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

Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.

No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.

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

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

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.

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.