It's an odd thing about this universe that, though we all disagree with each other, we are all of us always in the right.

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

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

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

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

Growing old is not a gradual decline, but a series of drops, full of sorrow, from one ledge to another below it.

I like to walk down Bond Street, thinking of all the things I don't desire.