How good we all are, in theory, to the old; and how in fact we wish them to wander off like old dogs, die without bothering us, and bury themselves.

Nothing tires a man more than to be grateful all the time.

A really busy person never knows how much he weighs.

A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.

Loving everybody is polygamy. I care for no friend who loves his enemy equally well.

The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.

When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.