The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.

People have a right to be shocked; the mention of unmentionable things is a kind of participation in them.

The emergence of a new term to describe a certain phenomenon, of a new adjective to designate a certain quality, is always of interest, both linguistically and from the point of view of the history of human thought.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

Thank heavens, the sun has gone in and I don’t have to go out and enjoy it.

Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop you.

We should nourish our souls on the dew of Poesy, and manure them as well.