Frequent the company of your betters.

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.

Pray, dear madam, another glass; it is Christmas time, it will do you no harm.

It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.

It's a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.

Our measure of rewards and punishments is most partial and incomplete, absurdly inadequate, utterly worldly; and we wish to continue it into the next world. Into that next and awful world we strive to pursue men, and send after them our impotent paltry verdicts of condemnation or acquittal. We set up our paltry little rod to measure heaven immeasurable.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.