This at least should be a rule through the letter-writing world: that no angry letter be posted till four-and-twenty hours will have elapsed since it was written.

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There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.

There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.

Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an...

Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an...

It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land...

It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land...

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.

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...

I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.

I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.

It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so...

It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so...

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 may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in...

It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in...

I do like a little romance... just a sniff, as I call it, of the...

I do like a little romance... just a sniff, as I call it, of the...

As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which...

As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which...

When men think much, they can rarely decide.

When men think much, they can rarely decide.

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...

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...

Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is...

Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is...

It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to...

It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to...

They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will...

Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will...

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.