After thirty-five a man begins to have thoughts about women; before that he has feelings.

Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.

Marriage is commonly a meal wherein the soup is better than the desert.

That art is best which suggests most.

Charity is the note that resolves the discord.

Civilization sails prettily like a child's rubber balloon until it hits a sharp object; then it is likely to collapse like the balloon.

The perjurer's mother told white lies.