Dr. Holmes says, both wittily and truly, that crying widows are easiest consoled.
I am a poor man, but I have this consolation: I am poor by accident, not by design.
It's not what we don't know that prevents us from succeeding; it's what we know that just ain't so that is our greatest obstacle.
Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
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.
Selfish people, with no heart to speak of, have the best time of it.