The man was such an intellectual he was of almost no use.

Everyone should study at least enough philosophy and belles-lettres to make his sexual experience more delectable.

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.

It is a sure evidence of a good book if it pleases us more and more as we grow older.

Deliberate virtue is never worth much: The virtue of feeling or habit is the thing.

The "second sight" possessed by the Highlanders in Scotland is actually a foreknowledge of future events. I believe they possess this gift because they don't wear trousers.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year.