Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.
The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.
How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.
If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.
The old know what they want the young are sad and bewildered.
A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent.
What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?
It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.