Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Why should one say that the machine does not live? It breathes, for its breath forms the atmosphere of some towns.

Apologies only account for that which they do not alter.

We live in age of prudence. The leaders of the people now generally follow.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

There are amusing people who do not interest, and interesting people who do not amuse

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.