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

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.

Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.

Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.

Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea! How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.

He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop.

Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.