It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.
No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first place brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him.
Quotation is more universal and more ancient than one would perhaps believe.
The scent of Sloth tempts a smug man.
What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading!
Friendship, "the wine of life," should, like a well-stocked cellar, be continually renewed.