I have long gone about with a conviction on my mind that I had a work to do-a Work, if you like, with a great W; a Purpose to fulfil; ... a Great Social Evil to Discover and to Remedy.

What a dignity it gives an old lady, that balance at the bankers! How tenderly we look at her faults if she is a relative; what a kind, good-natured old creature we find her!

Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand.

What, indeed, does not that word "cheerfulness" imply? It means a contented spirit, it means a pure heart, it means a kind and loving disposition; it means humility and charity; it means a generous appreciation of others, and a modest opinion of self.

[As they say in the old legends]Before a man goes to the devil himself, he sends plenty of other souls thither.

Those we love can but walk down to the pier with us - the voyage we must make alone.

Oh, those women! They nurse and cuddle their presentiments, and make darlings of their ugliest thoughts.