I love everything that is old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.

“A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without…”

“Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature.”

“Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that …”

“You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.”