Growing old is not a gradual decline, but a series of drops, full of sorrow, from one ledge to another below it.
The world is not unkind, and reprobates are worse than their reputations.
All mirrors are magical mirrors, and we never see our faces in them.
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
You cannot be both fashionable and first-rate
Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.