Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.

Pride seems tew be quite equally distributed; the man who owns the carriage and the man who drives it seem tew have it just alike.

If mankind were only just what they pretend to be, the problem of the millennium would be immediately solved.

You cannot analyze a kiss any more than you can dissect the fragrance of flowers.

Zoroaster said, when in doubt abstain; but this does not always apply. At cards, when in doubt take the trick.

My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.

Our continual desire for praise ought to convince us of our mortality, if nothing else will.