Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.

Discussing vaccination with a doctor is like discussing vegetarianism with a butcher.

I work as my father drank.

We all go about longing for love: it is the first need of our natures, the loudest cry of our hearts.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Whisky is liquid sunshine.