Gaiety alone, as it were, is the hard cash of happiness; everything else is just a promissory note.

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.

I believe a person of any fine feeling scarcely ever sees a new face without a sensation akin to a shock, for the reason that it presents a new and surprising combination of unedifying elements.

He who does not enjoy solitude will not love freedom.

It is most important to allow the brain the full measure of sleep which is required to restore it; for sleep is to a man's whole nature what winding up is to a clock.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

If you feel irritated by the absurd remarks of two people whose conversation you happen to overhear, you should imagine that you are listening to a dialogue of two fools in a comedy.