The truth is, we pamper little griefs into great ones, and bear great ones as well as we can.

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

Walk groundly, talk profoundly, drink roundly, sleep soundly.

The objects that we have known in better days are the main props that sustain the weight of our affections, and give us strength to await our future lot.

The look of a gentleman is little else than the reflection of the looks of the world.

I hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth... I hate to see a parcel of big words without anything in them.

The idea of what the public will think prevents the public from ever thinking at all, and acts as a spell on the exercise of private judgment.