To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?

'No business before breakfast, Glum!' says the King. 'Breakfast first, business next.'

It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.

We are most of us very lonely in this world; you who have any who love you, cling to them and thank God.

To our betters eve can reconcile ourselves, if you please--respecting them sincerely, laughing at their jokes, making allowance for their stupidities, meekly suffering their insolence; but we can't pardon our equals going beyond us.

Time passes, Time the consoler, Time the anodyne.

If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.