Charity, dear Miss Prism, charity! None of us are perfect. I myself am peculiarly susceptible to draughts. |
Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. |
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them |
Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education. Boys and girls should be taught to use their hands to make something, and they would be less apt to destroy and be mischievous. |
Civilization is not by any means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt. |
Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us. |
Conscience and cowardice are really the same things. |
Conscience and cowardice are really the same things. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all. |
Conscience makes egotists of us all. |
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. |
Consistency is the last resort of the unimaginative |
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative. |
Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing. |
Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones. |
Cultivated leisure is the aim of man. |