Twilight makes us pensive; Aurora is the goddess of activity; despair curses at midnight; hope blesses at noon.

"As for that," said Waldenshare, "sensible men are all of the same religion." "Pray, what is that?" inquired the Prince. "Sensible men never tell."

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

A sophisticated rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity.

At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.

Here's to the man who rode the race, who took the time, who kept the time, and who did the trick.

When a man is going to try and borrow money, it is wise to look prosperous