As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.

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I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.

I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.

When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.

When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.

It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty...

It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty...

There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours...

There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours...

In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted...

In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted...

The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it...

The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it...

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.

My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.

My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.

It is self-evident that at sixty-five a man has done all that he is fit...

It is self-evident that at sixty-five a man has done all that he is fit...

The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will...

The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will...

It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the...

It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the...

They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which...

They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which...

This at least should be a rule through the letter-writing world: that no angry letter...

This at least should be a rule through the letter-writing world: that no angry letter...

But then in novels the most indifferent hero comes out right at last. Some god...

But then in novels the most indifferent hero comes out right at last. Some god...

It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined....

It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined....

It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but...

It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but...

It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may...

It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may...

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be...

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be...

A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty...

A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty...

Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.

Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.