We never like the smell of our own vices in other people, Holmes. Ah, let's steer here for a drink or two, Lowell suggested.
Yesterday was the first day of the rest of your life . . . and you messed it up again.
Yet, for my part, I was never usually squeamish; I could sometimes eat a fried rat with a good relish, if it were necessary. I am glad to have drunk water so long, for the same reason that I prefer th...
No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have - and I think he's a dirty little beast.
The rich can be "eccentric " the poor have to be considered "nuts."
She's not moody. She's just known for her versatility of emotions.
Lead me not into temptation I can find the way myself.
Being popular is important. Otherwise people might not like you.
He could sell the Pope on financing a Mormon tabernacle.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.
To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless. She's earned it, it's a payment, not a gift. But to love her for her vices is a real gift, unearned and undeserved. To love her for her vices is to defi...
No man can cause more grief than the one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancesters.
I have too much respect for the truth to drag it out on every trifling occasion.
Well-adjusted means you can make the same mistakes over and over again and keep smiling.
The worst thing about a bore is not that he won't stop talking but that he won't let you stop listening.
True sense of humour and true, deep happiness never depend on the after effects of destructive vices
You can't act like a skunk without someone's getting wind of it.
I'm not at all stuck up . . . although judging from those around me I have every right to be.
The ability to sin differs among people. For example a short-armed fisherman isn't as big a liar as a long-armed one.
Horse sense is what keeps horses from betting on what people will do.