“All censure of a man’s self is oblique praise. It is in order to show how much he can spare.”
“Never trust a man who writes more than he reads.”
“He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.”
“He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.”
“Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.”
“I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.”