It would be next to impossible to discover a handsome woman who was not also a vain woman.
Those readiest to criticise are often least able to appreciate.
We may convince others by our arguements, but we can only persuade them by their own
Old age takes from the man of intellect no qualities save those that are useless to wisdom.
Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.
Genuine witticisms surprise those who say them as much as those who listen to them; they arise in us in spite of us, or, at least, without our participation,--like everything inspired.