Luck, mere luck may make even madness wisdom.

There are a good many pious people who are as careful of their religion as of their best service of china, only using it on holy occasions, for fear it should get chipped or flawed in working-day wear.

O this itch of the ear, that breaks out at the tongue! Were not curiosity so over-busy, detraction would soon be starved to death.

There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.

Jewels! It's my belief that when woman was made, jewels were invented only to make her the more mischievous.

Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.

The language of women should be luminous, but not voluminous.