A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who have not got it.
No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.
Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.