"Nothing so needs reforming more than other people's habits."

"I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead."

"I am a democrat only on principle, not by instinct, nobody is that. Doubtless some people say they are, but this world is grievously given to lying."

"Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example."

"An author values a compliment even when it comes from a source of doubtful competency."