When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.

A horse that can count to ten is remarkable, not a remarkable mathematician.

Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.

Each person's work is always a portrait of himself.

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

Knock the 't' off the 'can't.'

When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of a return to kindness or decency.

The future is purchased by the present.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.

There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.

You can never be wise unless you love reading.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.