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?
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.
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.
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
The old know what they want the young are sad and bewildered.
A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent.