A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.

Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers.

It is very good for a man to talk about what he does not understand; as long as he understands that he does not understand it.

Man is not merely an evolution but rather a revolution.

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses