to the many, witticisms not only require to be explained, like riddles, but are also like new shoes, which people require to wear many times before they get accustomed to them.

Jealousy ought to be tragic, to save it from being ridiculous.

Occupation is one great source of enjoyment. No man, properly occupied, was ever miserable.

Youth is a season that has no repose.

All beginnings are very troublesome things.

We are rarely wrong when we act from impulse.

The truth is, we like to talk over our disasters, because they are ours; and others like to listen, because they are not theirs.