Guests are the delight of leisure, and the solace of ennui.
There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.
Woman is quick to revere genius, but in her secret soul she seldom loves it.
The man who never tells an unpalatable truth 'at the wrong time' (the right time has yet to be discovered) is the man whose success in life is fairly well assured.
When the milk of human kindness turns sour, it is a singularly unpalatable draught.
Innovations to which we are not committed are illuminating things.