Lucy, dear child, mind your arithmetic. You know in the first sum of yours I ever saw there was a mistake. You had carried two (as a cab is licensed to do), and you ought, dear Lucy, to have carried but one. Is this a trifle? What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors.

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

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.

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

How can a bishop marry? How can he flirt? The most he can say is "I will see you in the vestry after service."

If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee.

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.