Good families are generally worse than any others.

I may not understand, but I am willing to admire.

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?

Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.

I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know).

You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.

Economy is going without something you do want in case you should, some day, want something you probably won't want.