A fixed idea is like the iron rod which sculptors put in their statues. It impales and sustains.

Four varieties in society: lovers, the ambitious, observers, and fools. The fools are the happiest.

A fixed idea is like the iron rod which sculptors put in their statues. It impales and sustains.

There are four types of men in the world: lovers, opportunists, lookers-on, and imbeciles. The happiest are the imbeciles.

Change a virtue in its circumstances find it becomes a vice; change a vice in its circumstances, and it becomes a virtue. Regard the same quality from two sides; on one it is a fault, on the other a merit. The essential of a man is found concealed far below these moral badges.

There are as many kinds of modesty as there are races. To the English woman it is a duty; to the French woman a propriety.

I've met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.