The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow - so arbitrary are these transient laws.

It was like the eve of a battle; the hearts beat, the eyes laughed, and they felft that the life they were perhaps going to lose, was after all, a good thing.

A weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky.

I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.

Business? It's quite simple; it's other people's money.

Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.

Happiness is egotistical.