Stupidity,--unconscious ignorance.
It is a great deal easier for a man to find a pedigree to fit his virtues than virtues to fit his pedigree.
If mankind were only just what they pretend to be, the problem of the millennium would be immediately solved.
Wise men have but few confidants, and cunning ones none.
Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.
I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.