We mingle in society not so much to meet others as to escape ourselves.

Rumor is like bees; the more you fight them the more you don't get rid of them.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.

Good nonsense is good sense in disguise.

...But why discourse Upon the Virtues of the Horse? They are too numerous to tell Save when you have a Horse to Sell.

A witty writer is like a porcupine; his quill makes no distinction between friend and foe.