I have a great confidence in the revelations which holidays bring forth.

I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole!

I have lived long enough to know that the evening glow of love has its own riches and splendour.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

I believe absence is a great element of charm.