What is a gentleman? It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise; and possessed of all these qualities to exercise them in the most graceful manner.

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

The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by their deserts; but who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do?

If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

We know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best; being pleased by repeated trials, to make . . . pure spirits more pure.

You must not judge hastily or vulgarly of Snobs: to do so shows that you are yourself a Snob.

Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise--a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.