Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?

We always carry out by committee anything in which any one of us alone would be too reasonable to persist.

I know of no more disagreeable sensation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.

The world is a play that would not be worth seeing if we knew the plot.

We do not mind our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having any company on the way.

Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.

As crowds increase we build our forts of inattention, and the more we talk the easier it is to mean little and listen not at all.