The greatest thing in life is to die young - but delay it as long as possible.

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

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

The road to ignorance is paved with good editors.

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.