They tell us that "Pity is akin to Love;" if so, Pity must be a poor relation.

If you would understand your own age, read the works of fiction produced in it. People in disguise speak freely.

I do not know any way so sure of making others happy as of being so oneself, to begin with.

What a blessing this smoking is! Perhaps the greatest that we owe to the discovery of America.

It takes a great man to make a great listener

They tell us that "Pity is akin to Love;" if so, Pity must be a poor relation.

Do not shun this maxim because it is common-place. On the contrary, take the closest heed of what observant men, who would probably like to show originality, are yet constrained to repeat. Therein lies the marrow of the wisdom of the world.