When I reflect upon what I have seen, what I have heard, what I have done, I can hardly persuade myself that all that frivolous hurry and bustle and pleasure of the world had any reality; and I look on what has passed as one of those wild dreams which opium occasions, and I by no means wish to repeat the nauseous dose for the sake of the fugitive illusion.

Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

I assisted at the birth of that most significant word "flirtation," which dropped from the most beautiful mouth in the world.

Business by no means forbids pleasures; on the contrary, they reciprocally season each other; and I will venture to affirm, that no man enjoys either in perfection that does not join both.

To take a wife merely as an agreeable and rational companion, will commonly be found to be a grand mistake.

Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.