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.

What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?

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.

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.

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

What two ideas are more inseparable than beer and Britannia?

I always fear that creation will expire before teatime.