Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money.

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.

The average Englishman does not see why a stranger should accost him with jocosity - many Englishmen do not see why a stranger should accost them at all

If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow.