I would rather make my name than inherit it.
Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand.
I set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.
Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.
Life is the soul's nursery.
An intelligent wife can make her home, in spite of exigencies, pretty much what she pleases.