An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the center of the world.

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.

It requires the feminine temperament to repeat the same thing three times with unabated zest.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.

The value of culture is its effect on character. It avails nothing unless it ennobles and strengthens that. Its use is for life. Its aim is not beauty but goodness.