It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.

When the milk of human kindness turns sour, it is a singularly unpalatable draught.

There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.

Traveling is, and has always been, more popular than the traveler.

Philadelphians are every whit as mediocre as their neighbors, but they seldom encourage each other in mediocrity by giving it a more agreeable name.

It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do.

The cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.