The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.

The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other.

Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do.

Great and terrible systems of divinity and philosophy lie round about us, which, if true, might drive a wise man mad.

A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment.

A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.

The best security for people's doing their duty is that they should not know anything else to do.