Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
Charlotte, having seen his body Borne before her on a shutter, Like a well-conducted person, Went on cutting bread and butter.
Why do they always put mud into coffee on board steamers? Why does the tea generally taste of boiled boots?
Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.