A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand.

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

When I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, the only effect it produces on me is to convince me that he is an unalterable fool

Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.

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

Avoid shame, but do not seek glory; nothing so expensive as glory.

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