Lord of
Lord of
common-sense truth-is uncommon
Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.
time years two
There is time enough for everything in the course of the day if you do but one thing once; but there is not time enough in the year if you will do two things at a time.
retirement years two
Lord Tyrawley and I have been dead these two years, but we don't choose to have it known.
sarcasm arrows bows
Nothing sharpens the arrow of sarcasm so keenly as the courtesy that polishes it; no reproach is like that we clothe with a smile and present with a bow.
turns
I would have all intoleration intolerated in its turn.
sincerity
Sincerity is the most compendious wisdom.
expression language
Seek always for the best words and the happiest expression you can find.
errors honest
Honest error is to be pitied not ridiculed.
equality men
A man who tells nothing, or who tells all, will equally have nothing told him.
elegance exalted refined
Elegance of manner is the outgrowth of refined and exalted sense.
manners ceremony
Ceremonies are the outworks of manners.
resentment forgotten sometimes
It is often more necessary to conceal contempt than resentment; the former is never forgiven, but the later is sometimes forgotten.
dignity breeding ill
Good-breeding carries along with it a dignity that is respected by the most petulant. Ill-breeding invites and authorizes the familiarity of the most timid.
literature found duty
I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.