"Let the man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim. Attacking is his only secret. Dare, and the worl…"

"Good humour may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one can wear in society."

"That which we call a Snob, by any other name would still be Snobbish."

"The unambitious sluggard pretends that the eminence is not worth attaining, declines altogether the struggle, and cal…"

"A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but…"

"Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for any one who dies."

"Profoundly grateful, and as if I had swallowed a small baby. … Why, they are perfect beasts of oysters!"

"She looks so haughty that I should have thought her a princess at the very least, with a pedigree reaching as far bac…"

"I should like to see before I die, and think of it daily more and more, the commencement of Jesus Christ's christiani…"

"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."