There are names written in her immortal scroll at which Fame blushes!

One truth discovered, one pang of regret at not being able to express it, is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world.

Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end.

Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy.

Words are the only things that last for ever.

Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look, a god-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. There is a secret pride in every human heart than revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room.