Society having ordained certain customs, men are bound to obey the law of society, and conform to its harmless orders.

Women are jealous of cigars... they regard them as a strong rival.

Pray God, keep us simple.

Oh, brother wearers of motley, are there not moments when one grows sick of grinning and trembling and the jingling of cap and bells?

Werther had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never utter; Would you know how first he met her? She was cutting bread and butter.

It seems to me one cannot sit down in that place [the Round Reading room of the British Museum] without a heart full of grateful reverence. I own to have said my grace at the table, and to have thanked Heaven for my English birthright, freely to partake of these beautiful books, and speak the truth I find there.

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.