It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch one another and find sympathy. We differ widely enough in our nobler qualities. It is in our follies that we are at one.

But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand.

A glass of wine often makes me a better man than hearing a sermon.

Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing.

When a man or woman loves to brood over a sorrow and takes care to keep it green in their memory, you may be sure it is no longer a pain to them.

I could not conjure up one melancholy fancy upon a mutton chop and a glass of champagne.

It is only the first baby that takes up the whole of a woman's time.Five or six do not require nearly so much attention as one.