It's fine to be a great democrat when you've a slave to rub your boots on.
A speculator is a man who, if he dies at the right time, has a rich widow.
A lie is real; it aims at success. A liar is a realist.
The Chinese are a knowing people; and I daresay that is why they once made a religious odor about old age; to prevent their sons from seeing their own future.
It is most oppressive to be an aunt.
Philosophy is by the timid for the timid.