Silence is a still noise.

When I see a man of shallow understanding extravagantly clothed, I feel sorry - for the clothes.

Titles are valuable; they make us acquainted with many persons who otherwise would be lost among the rubbish.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

There is no limit to the vanity of this world. Each spoke in the wheel thinks the whole strength of the wheel depends upon it.

It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge a elephant, but we can't dodge a fly.

Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as I do.