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

A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.

I set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.

Charlotte, having seen his body Borne before her on a shutter, Like a well-conducted person, Went on cutting bread and butter.

What a dignity it gives an old lady, that balance at the bankers! How tenderly we look at her faults if she is a relative; what a kind, good-natured old creature we find her!

Vanity is often the unseen spur.

Nature has written a letter of credit upon some men's faces that is honored wherever presented. You cannot help trusting such men. Their very presence gives confidence. There is promise to pay in their faces which gives confidence and you prefer it to another man's endorsement. Character is credit.