Women are jealous of cigars... they regard them as a strong rival.

It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

I have seen no men in life loving their profession so much as painters, except, perhaps, actors, who, when not engaged themselves, always go to the play.

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.

It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit.

If people only made prudent marriages, what a stop to population there would be!