Sure, occasion is the father of most that is good in us.

Presently, we were aware of an odour gradually coming towards us, something musky, fiery, savoury, mysterious, - a hot drowsy smell, that lulls the senses, and yet enflames them, - the truffles were coming.

'No business before breakfast, Glum!' says the King. 'Breakfast first, business next.'

We pass by common objects or persons without noticing them; but the keen eye detects and notes types everywhere and among all classes.

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

Humor is wit and love.

Might I give counsel to any man, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and in life, that is the most wholesome society; learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what great men admire.