We know when we have had enough of a friend, and we know when a friend has had enough of us. The first truth is no more palatable than the second.
The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.
Where there is no temptation, there is no virtue.
We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations.
There is always a secret irritation about a laugh in which we cannot join
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.