A thought embodied and embrained in fit words walks the earth a living being.

From Lucifer to Jerry Sneak there is not an aspect of evil, imperfection, and littleness which can elude the lights of humor or the lightning of wit.

Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.

We like the fine extravagance of that philosopher who declared that no man was as rich as all men ought to be.

Genius is not a single power, but a combination of great powers. It reasons, but it is not reasoning; it judges, but it is not judgment; imagines, but it is not imagination; it feels deeply and fiercely, but it is not passion. It is neither, because it is all.

The bitterest satires and noblest eulogies on married life have come from poets.

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.