Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
Now we were descending just as steeply.
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.
Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.
It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.