The lusts and greeds of the body scandalize the Soul; but it has to come to heel.

Fine writers should split hairs together, and sit side by side, like friendly apes, to pick the fleas from each others fur.

What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?

There is more felicity on the far side of baldness than young men can possibly imagine.

When we say we are certain so-and-so can't possibly have done it, what we mean is that we think he very likely did.

An improper mind is a perpetual feast.

It is the dread of something happening, something unknown and dreadful, that makes us do anything to keep the flicker of talk from dying out.