In every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing.
I do not know any reading more easy, more fascinating, more delightful than a catalogue.
What we call happiness is what we do not know.
The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.
A woman without breasts is like a bed without pillows.
Word-carpentry is like any other kind of carpentry: you must join your sentences smoothly.