"How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world."

"Criticism is the disapproval of people, not for having faults, but having faults different from your own."

"Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it, and that a very severe one."

"I have seen a peaceful expression turn to anger as fast as a whip cracks, and so the look on the face might mean less than what it seems to be."

"The important thing when you are going to do something brave is to have someone on hand to witness it."

"A good inclination is but the first rude draught of virtue, but the finishing strokes are from the will, which, if well disposed, will by degrees perfect it, as if all disposed will quickly deface it."

"To overcome evil with good is good, to resist evil by evil is evil."

"There are women who are for all your 'times of life.' They're the most wonderful sort."

"I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it."

"Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves while having an experience."

"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body."

"A clear conscience is a good pillow."